Weather Forecast for Martinsville Weekend

[slorydn1]

Friday: A chance of rain after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 50. East wind between 5 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 65. Southeast wind between 3 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62.


Sunday looks great. The rest of the weekend, not so good. With this being the first race that will use this years owners points, there are going to be some very unhappy people.......

[slorydn1]

Friday: A chance of rain after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 64. North wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 2pm. High near 67. Northeast wind at 5 mph becoming southeast. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then showers likely. Low around 54. East wind around 8 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

Sunday still looks beautiful. Its not looking real good for Cup Quals on Friday. Truck Quals are 9am Saturday, so they have a better shot, maybe.......

However, it looks like there may be a Monday Morning Truck race, I'm afraid....

[slorydn1]

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=AREA%20FORECAST%20DISCUSSION)
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
109 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
WET WEATHER ANTICIPATED THROUGH SATURDAY. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES
WILL PERIODICALLY PASS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. ON
SATURDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=FRONT) WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA WITH DRY
HIGH PRESSURE ARRIVING SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
-- Changed Discussion --
DENSE FOG (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=FOG) AND STRATUS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=STRATUS) HAS FILLED IN ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF
THE BLUE RIDGE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=RIDGE). FOG (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=FOG) ALSO COVERED THE REST OF THE PIEDMONT BUT WITH
BETTER VISIBILITIES. HAVE ADJUSTED THE WEATHER GRIDS FOR THESE
TRENDS. HAVE ALSO TRIMMED CHANCE OF RAIN IN ALL BUT THE FAR
SOUTHEAST. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR
TONIGHT BASED ON THE 04Z OBSERVATIONS AND LATEST LAV GUIDANCE.-- End Changed Discussion --


&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM SATURDAY/...
-- Changed Discussion --
WE SHOULD SEE A BIT OF BREAK IN THE WET WEATHER EARLY FRIDAY
BEFORE THE NEXT SHORT WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SURGE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SURGE) OF DEEP MOISTURE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=MOISTURE) IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND PASS OVER THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING. ASIDE FROM
STRATUS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=STRATUS) AND FOG (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=FOG) FRIDAY MORNING KEPT THE FORECAST DRY...FOLLOWED BY
INCREASING POPS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=POPS) FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND
LIKELY (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=LIKELY) POPS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=POPS) AREAWIDE FRIDAY NIGHT. QPF (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=QPF) FOR THIS SURGE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SURGE) OF MOISTURE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=MOISTURE)
LOOKS TO BE ON THE ORDER OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH.

COOL WEDGE OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE WITH WARMING
TEMPERATURES AND CLIMBING DEWPOINTS.-- End Changed Discussion --


&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON STRONG CLOSED SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE
MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. OP 12Z NAM (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=NAM) TRACK IS AN
OUTLIER WITH REGARDS TO THIS SYSTEM...AND THE GFS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=GFS)/GEFS/ECMWF (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=ECMWF)/UKMET (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=UKMET)
WERE IN BETTER AGREEMENT. FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG WITH STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE PIEDMONT OF NC (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=NC) AND SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA.
SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW MUCH QPF (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=QPF) WILL BE REALIZED...CONSIDERING
CONVECTION (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=CONVECTION) DEVELOPING THOUGH THE SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER GFS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=GFS)/GEFS/UKMET (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=UKMET)
HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE PLACEMENT OF SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN FOR
MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...SEVERE WX (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=WX) IS LOOKING MORE AND
MORE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS SAME CORRIDOR...AND SPC (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SPC) HAS SLIGHT RISK (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SLIGHT%20RISK)
DAY 3 INTO THE SW AND S PORTIONS OF THE CWA (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=CWA). LLVL
SHEAR (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SHEAR)/HELICITY (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=HELICITY)/LONG HODOGRAPHS REMAIN IMPRESSIVE INTO THESE PARTS
SAT (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SAT) PM INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT IN HWO.