Joe Fitzwater

Chief Meteorologist Joe Fitzwater has a look at a wintry bag making for a mess tonight in our region, which will be followed by improvements heading through the weekend.

Chief Meteorologist Joe Fitzwater tracks Old Man Winter’s impacts on the two Virginias ahead in tonight’s forecast.

Chief Meteorologist Joe Fitzwater is tracking a one-two winter weather duo of accumulating snows and brutally cold wind chills that will impact commutes ahead in tonight’s forecast.

State of Emergency declared in Nicholas County for water conservation, drought

Chief Meteorologist Joe Fitzwater has a look at four celestial events going on during the month of August!

Tonight features partly cloudy skies with the risk for an isolated shower or two possible, mainly before midnight. It’s a very muggy night on the way, with low temperatures only dropping into the low 70s. Expect patchy fog in a few spots. Wednesday is a hot and muggy day on tap, as the remnants of Beryl scoot by up to our north. Though the system itself will miss our region, the proximity of the former tropical system will give us a few scattered showers and storms as an associated cold front p…

Your StormTracker 59 team goes back into the weather files to highlight some of the most impactful weather of the month: June 2024 was another historically warm month, as we ended up tied for the ninth warmest June on record, with us being 2.0 degrees above normal for the month at 70.3 degrees. That’s a good bit off of the record of 72.7 degrees set back in 1943, but also a good bit above the normal of 68.3 degrees. June featured twenty-one days that were above normal! The warmest stretch of wea…

A combination of consistent heat and very dry weather over the last couple of weeks has much of our region on the verge of drought.

Tonight features partly cloudy skies and it’s not as cold with temperatures dipping back into the upper 40s. There is no risk of frost tonight even in the mountains. Saturday continues the nice weather, however, with high pressure shifting off to the east, we’ll pick up a southerly breeze that will crank temperatures to near 80 degrees. In addition, a weakening area of low pressure with a weak boundary associated with it will approach by dinnertime, and combining that with increasing heat and hu…

Tonight features scattered showers before midnight with clearing skies thereafter. That’s good news because our area has an excellent shot at experiencing the Northern Lights tonight with a strong geomagnetic storm taking place. The best time to view it will be between midnight and 3 AM. Temperatures will be much lower tonight than in recent evenings, as we drop back into the low 40s. Patchy dense fog will be possible toward dawn Saturday and perhaps a spot or two of frost across the highest pea…