Storms stay isolated Thursday prior to refreshing drop in humidity

Isolated storms Thursday will mainly target areas north and east of the Roanoke Valley

Isolated showers and storms will be possible late Thursday afternoon into the evening.

ROANOKE, Va.The ‘ALL CLEAR’ has been given regarding the Weather Authority Alert Day that was in place for Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

Heading into Thursday afternoon, temperatures will recover into the 70s and 80s. We’ll trade morning clouds for breaks of afternoon sun.

High temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s Thursday afternoon.

The morning round of rain and clouds has consumed most of the energy in the atmosphere, leaving us with only isolated storms late Thursday afternoon into the evening. While these storms are small, one or two could produce a severe thunderstorm warning east of the Roanoke Valley.

Isolated showers and storms will be possible late Thursday afternoon into the evening.

Humidity levels drop Friday, making for a more comfortable feel to the air.

Humidity levels drop Friday through Mother's Day.

This will especially be felt at night and in the mornings, when temperatures fall into the 40s and lower 50s this weekend.

Despite that, a weak disturbance thousands of feet above us will still generate some scattered showers/rumbles of thunder late Friday afternoon and again late Saturday afternoon.

Sporadic showers move in from the west late in the afternoon Friday and Saturday

Come Mother’s Day, that same disturbance will mostly be east of here. That leaves us mostly dry and comfortable from start to finish.

Mother's Day starts cool and ends mild

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Meteorologist Chris Michaels is an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Certified Broadcaster, forecasting weather conditions in southwest Virginia on WSLS 10 News from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays on Virginia Today.

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