Forecast Last Updated at Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 7:03PM

It Has Begun...

The transition to more Fall-like temperatures is in the works, admittedly it wasn't very noticeable today. A subtle front worked south from Virginia this afternoon but it didn't make it to the southwestern mountains. At least it's a sign of things to come.

Tuesday, a stronger cold front makes a pass with scattered showers developing ahead of the front Monday afternoon continuing into the nighttime hours. Thanks to increased cloud cover temperatures will fall several degrees from today. We'll take the rain, but rainfall amounts aren't overly exciting. Temperatures drop step-wise a few degrees each day through Thursday... you will be reaching for a jacket shortly.

2017 Blue Ridge Parkway Calendars begin shipping Friday and have been delivered to stores across the region. At $13.95 (plus shipping and applicable taxes), you'll find no better source for great photography and information about the Blue Ridge Parkway. This year's calendar features a chronology of the history of the Blue Ridge Parkway. With bonus calendar pages for November and December 2016, you can use it soon. You're going to love 'em.



The RWC Mobile App, the only weather app with real temperature data and custom forecasts for the Southern Appalachians. You need it... Android and Apple.

Sunday Hi: 87 Lo: 64 Isolated evening showers; Partly to mostly cloudy; Light SE wind

Monday Hi: 78 Lo: 63 Patchy AM fog; Mostly cloudy & a little cooler; Scattered PM & nighttime showers & t-showers; Light South wind

Tuesday Hi: 76 Lo: 53 Morning clouds, perhaps a lingering shower early; Brighter afternoon; NW wind 5-10 mph

Wednesday Hi: 74 Lo: 50 Mostly sunny; Cooler & less humid

Thursday Hi: 67 Lo: 50 Partly cloudy; Considerably cooler

Further Out

Friday - Mostly sunny; Refreshing; High near 70 degrees; Low in the lower 50s
Saturday - Lots of sunshine; Pleasant; High in the lower 70s; Low in the lower 50s

Forecast Discussion

High pressure centered over New England briefly wedges down the eastern slopes of the Appalachians Monday. Increased cloud cover will knock temps down a few more degrees. Meanwhile, a stronger cold front approaches from the west leading to scattered afternoon showers continuing into the nighttime hours. The front passes Tuesday with morning clouds and perhaps a lingering shower early.

Behind the front a persistent northwest flow ushers in considerably cooler air. Cool enough that we'll reverse the trend from above average warmth to well below seasonal temperatures by Thursday.

Side note- an upper level low that will help promote the cool turnaround may meander far enough south to bring more than just cooler days. Right now we have a dry forecast beyond Tuesday. However, if the low becomes displaced towards the southern Appalachians we'd have to introduce a few days of rain late in the week. We wouldn't complain about the rain, but it would require wholesale changes to the forecast...

Announcements

Using information from RaysWeather.Com

First, all data and forecasts on RaysWeather.Com are the intellectual property of RaysWeather.com, Inc. Here is our usage policy regarding rebroadcast or redistribution of any information from our site...

"The reader is not permitted to reproduce, retransmit, redistribute any weather data, forecasts, analysis, image, or any other product from this site to any other person or entity, in any format by any means. All information, data, and images contained on any page of this site are copyrighted by RaysWeather.Com, Inc. (unless otherwise noted) and is the property of RaysWeather.Com, Inc. Information, data, and images from this site may not be archived or stored for future use. Exceptions to this condition of use may only be made by express, written permission of RaysWeather.Com." See our Terms and Conditions page.

In short, if you do not have a written agreement with us to do so, you do not have permission to republish any information found on this site. If you work for a media entity (TV, radio, website, newspaper, etc.) and wish to republish information from this site, please contact us at ray@raysweather.com or call our offices at 828.264.2030