With storm threat diminishing, attention turns to Friday/Saturday storm...

In the wake of some very gusty storms, our weather will be quieting down for the next two days, but all attention will turn to Friday and Saturday. A new storm developing over the Gulf states will track up the coast. Right now, I see rain developing here Friday afternoon and continuing into Saturday. With the low tracking over Virginia, warm air will get drawn in aloft, but our surface winds may keep temperatures in the 40s on Saturday. It looks quite chilly for the weekend, and colder air rushing in on Saturday could bring about a change to snow before the precipitation tapers off (mainly north and west of Richmond). It will be interesting to watch, as this looks like it could be a strong system. Look for more to come...