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Sunshine and low humidity will be the rule this first weekend of June!

A cold front approaching the area on Sunday afternoon and evening will have the potential to bring some strong or isolated severe storms to parts of our region.

After a recent break in the heat and humidity, it will be returning with a vengeance beginning Monday with the peak of a "mini heat wave" occurring on Tuesday and Wednesday. This is when the actual high temperatures are expected to reach the mid 90s and when you factor in the humidity, it will feel closer to 105° during the afternoon. For that reason, both Tuesday and Wednesday are FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAYS...

Sunday is a First Alert Weather Day for scattered showers and storms during the late afternoon and evening.

Wednesday is being designated a FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY due to the potential for some isolated severe thunderstorms moving through our region later in the afternoon and early evening. We are under a MARGINAL RISK (Category 1 out of 5) for severe storms from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC)

Wednesday, August 1st is a FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY due to the fact that the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed a large portion of our NBC12 viewing area under a SLIGHT RISK of severe storms during the afternoon and evening:

Monday is a FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY as the Storm Prediction Center has placed much of Central Virginia under a MARGINAL RISK of severe storms: While some spotty showers or isolated thunderstorms can't be ruled out Monday morning, it will be later in the afternoon and evening when we'll have a greater number of scattered showers and thunderstorms popping up over our region.

Hurricane season is well underway and it's interesting to note that the sea surface temperatures in the deep Tropical Atlantic are running well below normal for this time in June.

Saturday is a BIG outdoor day for many of us, with the first the first weekend of June packed full of outdoor activities. From weddings to the Greek Festival and beyond, the calendar is packed.

Thunderstorms rapidly moved through Central Virginia on Monday, bringing damaging wind and causing tens of thousands of power outages.

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has outlined a rather small area of Central Virginia that may be vulnerable to a few stronger thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon and evening. Take note that areas from Richmond south through the Tri-Cities down into northern North Carolina are under the *MARGINAL* risk of severe storms.

After the sixth warmest February on record with an average temperature of 47.8 degrees, we have had quite a dramatic turn around in the month of March with the average temperature through March 27th of just 41.7 degrees.

If you have been thinking that February 2018 has been an unusually warm month, then you are 100% correct!

A FLOOD WARNING continues along the James River until further notice!

The next storm system will be arriving in Virginia later tonight into the day tomorrow.  The initial wave of moisture will primarily affect the northwestern portion of the state late tonight into tomorrow morning and it will likely be cold enough in these areas for some wintry precipitation. Perhaps a slushy, light accumulation of snow with a light coating of ice on top. Not a major storm, but just enough to cause some travel difficulties for the Wednesday morning commute.

A brief period of wintry precipitation is expected on Sunday morning affecting mostly areas west and northwest of Richmond. There is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 7am until 11am Sunday morning for all the counties shaded in purple:

We are giving you a FIRST ALERT to the next winter weather maker that may be coming or way. The European Model continues to show the potential for a plowable type snow beginning later Tuesday night lasting through much of the day Wednesday.

Warmer air finally begins to push back into our region during the day on Monday and we should get above the freezing mark for the first time since last Wednesday.

Sunset on Tuesday afternoon is at 4:59 p.m., which is the area's first pre-5 p.m. sunset of the season.

An area of disturbance in the southern Caribbean became Tropical Depression No. 16 on Wednesday and is expected to become Tropical Storm Nate within 24 hours.

It's becoming abnormally dry in Central Virginia, but the region is not in any immediate danger of drought conditions as long as it rains soon.

A flood warning is in effect for the James River.