I love that song by Louis Armstrong.  Anytime it plays I think of images like this:

This was another great photo by Jim Brickett of Saturday’s sunrise on the Chesapeake Bay.  Thanks Jim for sending.  Weak high pressure will give us fair skies today.  We had some unusually dry air move into the region.  That allowed temps to fall to the lower 60 in some inland locations this morning.  We’ve had these abnormally dry Summer air masses move into our region occasionally over the past couple of years.  It is nice, but you have to change how you forecast when they arrive.  We’ve been in a late Spring weather pattern lately and you have to adjust the context of your local forecast when that happens.  Hmm that sounds too nerdy, but it’s true.  For instance normally in late June we would expect a pop up shower or storm almost every day in the 7 day.  But with the dryness I doubt we’ll see hardly any this week.  It won’t stay dry forever though.  The humidity will be back.  Till then enjoy the good hair days. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

A cold front moved through the area overnight.  It brought us some scattered showers and a few thunderstorms.  Today we’ll cool down and dry out…a little.  Winds will be NNW at about 5-10mph.  This will slowly trickle in the drier air and cooler weather.  Yesterday we were in the 90s.  Today we’ll mostly see 80s.  Fair skies are expected today with a few showers and storms possible over Northeast North Carolina.  Should be good weather for the Indy race in Richmond tonight.  Temps will be in the 80s with fair skies. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

As Promised the showers and storms are lining up north of Richmond, and they are headed our way.  The front is moving a little slower. So that’s why we haven’t see too many storms today.  We did have some severe thunderstorm warnings over North Carolina earlier this evening.  It’s interesting that there is a cool pool of air over Northeast North Carolina.  It is a large pool.  It almost looked like a cold front came up from the south.  But I talked to one of the National Weather Service Mets, and they thought it was a one-two punch outflow boundary.  I think he’s right.  That may stabilize things a little in the metro.  But it may also aid in firing up more storms later tonight right along the that boundary. 

  Tomorrow the front moves through early and we should see a nice day.  Partly cloudy skies and highs in the 80s. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

We get phone calls all the time about scams that people receive through the mail, e-mail, telephone, etc. I received this e-mail today and wanted to share it with our viewers. This is a prime example of an e-mail that you should delete!!!

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Well the temperatures haven’t been too bad lately.  A little hot inland, but we’ve been seasonalable in most of the metro area.  Our average high is 85 degrees.  We hit 83 today at the airport.  Highs will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s tomorrow.  We’ll be well into the 90s on Friday.   Minor tidal flooding should be over tomorrow as the winds begin to turn more southerly.

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

Rainbows.  Sun.  Clouds.  Rain showers.  Thunder.  Lightning.  Hail.  Even some wind.  Whew! 

A pesky area of low pressure has been spinning off the New England coast over the past couple of days.  Every now and then impulses rotate counter-clockwise around that low pressure system.  One of those impulses moved over Hampton Roads this evening just before the sun set.  At the same time, a cold pool of air was overhead… you combine cold air aloft with energy and the heating of the day…and boom: showers all of a sudden become thunderstorms.  Some storms briefly became severe.  Hail was reported in parts of North Carolina. 

There will still be a few showers and thunderstorms around tonight, but with the loss of daytime heating (sun setting), the overall trend will be for showers and storms to weaken tonight.  As a result of the rain that fell today, there will be areas of patchy fog  tonight into Tuesday morning.

Thank you to all the WAVY-TV and Fox 43 viewers for sending their photos to photos@wavy.com.  By the way, if you could resize your pictures to be less than 1 MB before you send them that would be great!    Thank you! 

Here are just a few pictures that we received today. 

From Mario in Hampton

From Elizabeth in Elizabeth City

From Michael in York County

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson

Yesterday we heated up to 93 degrees at the airport.  Not a record, but hot.   Today will be a little cooler due to the Northwest winds.  Here’s a view of the recent weather pattern:

We tapped into the heat yesterday, but today we cool down a little and dry out a little.  The heat will still live in on in the West and the Deep South though.  The dip in the jetstream will rev up an area of low pressure offshore. 

This will be a Nor’easter type setup.  Yes I said it…Nor’easter.  Something that you usually don’t say on the first day of Summer.  Today we’ll see Northwest winds, but they’ll gradually shift Northeast over the next 24 hours.  This will keep ushering in cooler weather.  (hmm I used to be an usher at the movie theatre).  Anyway, it will create breezy conditions and minor tidal flooding.  There is a coastal flood watch up on the Eastern Shore for this effect.  The astronomical tides are a little higher on top of the Nor’easter type setup.  Tides at Wachapreague are expected to be from 6-7ft.  Minor tidal flooding starts at 6.5ft at that location.  This is not a classic Nor’easter.  We won’t see any storms over our area or even in most Northeast cities.  A few coastal showers are possible.  But this does resemble a Nor’easter pattern.  Highs on Monday and Tuesday will be in the upper 70s to lower 80s.  Average high is 84 degrees. More wacky weather. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

It should be no surprise that the heat is on today.  It’s been building in the central U.S. and today it’s moving in.  Highs will be in the low-mid 90s near the shore and in the metro.  Upper 90s inland.  The heat index will be over 100.  Remember that’s what it feels like when you combine the heat and humidity.  We’ll have a southwest breeze and some cloud cover.  So that will help a little.  Expect some scattered afternoon storms ahead of the next cold front.  We could see some more strong storms this afternoon/evening.  The front will cool us down tomorrow.  Highs will be in the mid-upper 80s with a lot of clouds and a few (20-30% coverage) showers.  So things are looking pretty good for Father’s Day.  I don’t expect storms Sunday.   So dads will be able to go out and golf or fish.   You may not want to go out in a boat though. We’ll see some strong winds out of the Northwest.  Gusts could get up to 30mph. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

This photo was taken by Barry Price who was in Virginia Beach last night near the Sheraton on 35th street.  It is one of the most dramatic lightning photos that I have ever seen.   I tried calling the Sheraton, but I can’t get through.  It’s possible that their phones are down.  We are checking further.  Hopefully, everone in the building was ok.  Lightning was very common last night. 

This one was taken by Walter Osborne from the Hilton.  A lot of people leave the shutter open to get these types of lightning photos.  It creates a great effect with really bright light.    Aside from the lightning we also had reports of trees down in parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties.  We had 1.5″ hail reported by law enforcement 2 miles east of Lummis in Suffolk near highway 58.  And this:

This was sent in by Shannon Glaser near the Fort Story area.  Last night we had numerous reports of funnel clouds and water spouts near northern Virginia Beach and offshore of Hampton.  Tornado warnings were issued.  Now look folks.  We’ve had a lot of people call in and email about cutting into programming.  We understand your frustration.  And I’ll tell you that it’s worse in other parts of the country.  I once had a weatherman interupt an episode of Friends for a “Strong Storm”.  It was not severe.  I almost called him, but I thought again.  I knew it would be unprofessional.  Here’s why we do what we do:  We cut in when we think that lives are in danger or when a large area of property is in danger.  Tornado warnings always need to be heeded.  Now there were reports of water spouts and funnel clouds last night.  So you know that there was rotation.  We did have a viewer say that 2 tables were overturned from the waterspout coming ashore near Harbour Gate Condos in Virginia Beach after the fact.  The warnings affected north and central Virginia Beach.  If we had a death or a lot of damage, then would people still have complained?  We repeat ourselves because we have new viewers tuning in all the time.  We have to assume that new people need the information as much as people who have been watching.  The crawl is a great way to inform, but when you have low level rotation in a populated area, then you have to stay on top of the rapidly changing situation.  Will people read a crawl saying that we have a possible tornado on 35th street, now it’s possibly on 36th street, now 37th???  You have to have patience.  Because next time it could be your home that MAY get hit.  And I guarantee that you’ll want to know the play by play when it happens.  So we apologize for the inconvenience, but please understand that it is always better to be safe than sorry when dealing with severe weather.  Also thanks to everyone who sent in photos and reports.  We appreciate them so much. 

End transmission….shshsh

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

Jeremy Wheeler

Bam!  Within one day we’re going from cool easterly winds to very warm southerly winds.  Highs lately have been in the 70s, but look at this temperature trend for the next few days. Aye Caramba! 

The average is that white line (83 degrees).  If Saturday verifies, then it will be the hottest day since (drumroll……) July 22nd 2008.  It was 95 degrees at Norfolk International on that date.  We’ve had lower 90s even recently, but we haven’t been above 94 since that date.  There’s a lot of talk on the internet and a lot of stories about how the last couple of years have been generally cooler across the country.  Especially the Midwest.  We’ve definitely seen a cool down, and I wonder if the politicians are taking notice.  Remember though it’s only 1 maybe 1 and a half years of cooler weather.  If we follow the trend of the late 70s, then we’ll probably have one or two more cold years and then the heat will resume.  We are in a lull in sunspots which are theorized to affect Earth’s temperatures.  But there are many other factors that control the weather.  So we’ll see what happens.  Either way make sure you’re A.C. is in good working order for the next couple of days.  We’re not used to the heat.

 Also, somebody commented on here about lightning.  It does cause thunder.  Not the other way around.  Light travels much faster than sound.  So you see lightning first, then hear the thunder.  If it’s really close, then they may be almost at the exact same time.  I’ve experienced that a couple of times. 

Along with the heat and humidity. We’ll see a chance for some strong storms later this afternoon.  Strong winds and possible hail will be the main threats.  If you’re heading to the beach, then there is also a moderate threat for rip currents. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler