July 4th, 2009 at 8:48 pm by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
Hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day. The weather looks great for fireworks this evening. Partly-mostly cloudy. Temperatures 75-80. SW wind 5-10 mph.
This photo is from Bruce and Barb in Colington Harbour, Kill Devil Hills, NC overlooking the Albemarle Sound.
Bruce and Barb say:
“The OBX Beach Boxers (Daisy, left & her Dad, Kody) want everybody to have a safe and wonderful Saturday holiday, and to remember our freedom and those who protect it. The OBX weather looks great for a dip in the ocean, sound, or just having a terrific picnic with friends & family!”
Happy 4th!
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:48 pm by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
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
May 25th, 2009 at 6:53 pm by Cheryl Nelson under Weather
The start of the 2009 hurricane season is June 1st. If you haven’t purchased hurricane supplies, this is the week to do it in Virginia. May 25-31 is tax-free week on certain items used for hurricane preparedness. For a complete list of eligible items, go to http://www.tax.virginia.gov/Documents/2009%20Hurricane%20Preparedness%20List%20of%20Exempt%20Items.pdf
For more on how you can prepare for hurricane season, pick up our 2009 Hurricane Ready Guide at one of these locations: Farm Fresh, Geico, R.S. Andrews, or Harrison’s Moving and Storage. Our guides feature a hurricane tracking chart so you can plot the storms with us.
Hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend. Thank you to all the brave men and women who have served and who are serving our country.
Meteorologist Cheryl Nelson
