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Wx station page or GRAPH or Realtime

4:45 PM EDT 5/27/2022

Wx station is now very limited - some sensors MAY return at a later date.
Temp	61.3°F	Precip. Hour	0.01
Hi/Lo	78.4°F/59.5°F	Day	0.01 in.
Barometer	29.873 in.	Yesterday	0.00 in.
Trend	+0.044in./hr
Snowfall 2021-22: airport = 0" wx station = 0" Average=22"/yr.

National Weather Service Forecast for: Roanoke VA
Issued by: National Weather Service Blacksburg, VA

Updated: 4:31 pm EDT May 27, 2022

Roanoke, VA (WRH)

This
Afternoon

Heavy Rain

Tonight

Heavy Rain
then Mostly
Clear
Saturday

Sunny

Saturday
Night

Mostly Clear

Sunday

Sunny

Sunday
Night

Clear

Memorial
Day

Sunny

Monday
Night

Mostly Clear

Tuesday

Hot

Hi 74 °F Lo 58 °F Hi 80 °F Lo 57 °F Hi 85 °F Lo 62 °F Hi 88 °F Lo 64 °F Hi 91 °F

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Flood Watch
Special Weather Statement

This Afternoon	A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight	Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 58. West wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday	Sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
Saturday Night	Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday	Sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night	Clear, with a low around 62.
Memorial Day	Sunny, with a high near 88.
Monday Night	Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
Tuesday	Sunny and hot, with a high near 91.
Tuesday Night	Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Wednesday	Sunny and hot, with a high near 93.
Wednesday Night	Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Thursday	A chance of showers. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Roanoke VA.

ZONE FORECAST - Issued by local NWS office:

Expires:202205281000;;663008
FPUS51 KRNK 272003
ZFPRNK

Zone Forecast Product
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
402 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022

This is an automatically generated product that contains an area
forecast using an average of the gridded forecast data for each
zone. The forecast may not be representative of the exact
location you are interested in. For a more site specific
forecast...please visit www.weather.gov/blacksburg.


VAZ022-281000-
Roanoke-
Including the cities of Roanoke and Salem
402 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms this evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall this evening. Lows
in the upper 50s. West winds around 10 mph with gusts up to
20 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent. 
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds around
10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the morning. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Light and
variable winds. 
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable
winds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around
10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. 
.MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in
the upper 80s. Lows in the mid 60s. 
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 50 percent chance
of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Lows in the mid 60s. 
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the lower 80s. 

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