“Tropical” moisture created problems with areas of dense fog this morning (mainly inland).  Visibility was down to near zero across parts of our western VA and NC counties.  The fog was so thick in parts of North Carolina that Hertford County County schools had a one-hour delay this morning.   Dense fog could be a problem tomorrow morning as well.  Remember to allow plenty of extra time, use your low beams and slow down when driving in foggy conditions.

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson

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

A sea breeze boundary pushed well inland Saturday afternoon and many of us saw thunderstorms.  These storms were slow-moving and had a lot of moisture to work with.  As a result: flash flooding.  Our weather watcher Ed in Williamsburg picked up 1.20″ inches of rain in just 37 minutes!

Thank you for sending in your photos to photos@wavy.com. 

We’ll post some more pictures on Sunday.  Try to stay cool tonight.  Watch out for areas of dense fog.

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson

A dense fog advisory is posted for much of the Virginia viewing area tonight from 3 AM-8 AM.  This means that visibility during this time will likely be less than 1/4 mile.  Please give yourself some extra time if you’ll be traveling late tonight or early Monday morning.  Use your low beams while driving and allow plenty of space between your vehicle and the vehicle in front of you.  Conditions will rapidly improve after sunrise Monday morning.

Have a good night!  Drive safely!

Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson