Virginia Weather 3/14 - Evening - Sunny Day Surprise Today

Good evening. Virginia. I'm Aaron Jolly. Folks, look out your window. That sunshine? It's a beautiful liar, we're sitting at 58 degrees under perfectly clear skies right now. It feels like spring has officially won. But don't be fooled—the atmosphere is quietly loading the cannons. As the sun sets. Tonight stays deceptively peaceful, you'll notice clouds thickening up, but the air remains mild. Central Virginia bottoms out around 41 degrees, down in Hampton Roads, you hold near 45. Out west, look for lows near 41 as well. Sunday starts calm, but the plot twist is waiting in the wings, clouds take over the sky by afternoon. Central Virginia warms to 64 degrees. The coast stays cooler with an east wind—Hampton Roads hits just 56. The mountains climb to 59. Moving on. Then the real show begins Sunday evening, a warm front lifts north around 7 P.M., triggering rain showers statewide. That rain becomes widespread overnight, it stays mild though, with lows only dipping into the 50s. Monday is the day to keep your weather radio handy, a strong cold front slams into the state late morning. We're talking strong to severe thunderstorms across Virginia, damaging wind and tornadoes are possible. Highs surge ahead of the drama—75 in Central Virginia, 72 in Hampton Roads. And 65 in the mountains. Temperature-wise. Then the bottom falls out, the front passes Monday evening. And temperatures plummet. We go from the 70s to the 30s in a matter of hours. Out west, rain could even change to snow showers before midnight, lows drop to 26 in Western Virginia, 30 in Central Virginia. And 37 in Hampton Roads. Moving on. Tuesday feels like a different season, it's breezy and cold. Highs struggle to reach 48 on the coast and just 39 in the mountains. Tuesday night brings a hard freeze—most areas wake up Wednesday morning in the 20s. The rest of the week quiets down. We dry out and warm back up gradually, returning to the 60s by Friday. Looking ahead. Enjoy the gift of today, but keep those alerts handy for Monday. See you tomorrow.