by Doug Thompson | Aug 2, 2017 | Musings
Last week, we saw threats of rain for several days. This week looks mostly dry. Tuesday’s forecast from the National Weather Service shows partly cloudy conditions with a high temperature of about 80, a 10 percent chance of precipitation and humidity in the...
by Doug Thompson | Apr 8, 2017 | Musings
After an overnight low close to freezing and following a Friday of cold temperatures and blustery wind, the Floyd County area can expect temperatures Saturday morning to rise at least 15 degrees between the 35 degrees of 6:15 a.m. and a forecasted 50 degrees at noon...
by Doug Thompson | Apr 4, 2017 | Musings
In yet another “let’s see if the forecast is right,” outlook, the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg says the temperature should hit 70 or 71 degrees Tuesday afternoon with sunny weather after Monday’s thunderstorms gave us...
by Doug Thompson | Feb 13, 2017 | Musings
After more than 250 miles of riding in gorgeous, mostly sunny, weather in Virginia and North Carolina Sunday, the Harley and I ran into a wall of water about five miles South of Floyd shortly before 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. Saw the clouds to the north while leaving...
by Doug Thompson | Jan 24, 2016 | Musings
The first real snow of 2016, forecast as a blizzard that wasn’t onw here but dumped a lot of snow north of us, moved on late Saturday, leaving a foot or less in and around Floyd County. Weather storm Jonas leaves and the sun returns Sunday with temperatures a...
