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Short Range: Hurricane Earl brushed by eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia overnight as expected, primarily bringing some heavy rain to those areas. Cape Hatteras has only recorded a maximum sustained wind speed of 28 mph with gusts up to 53 mph, both of which could have been quite a bit stronger. Heavy rain has been the bigger story; Cape Hatteras has picked up around 3 inches of rain overnight. Earl will continue to quickly move off to the north today, heading for the Massachusetts coast. Closer to home, mostly sunny and hot weather will continue for one more day as highs again reach the lower to mid 90s. However, a strong cold front will slide through the area late this afternoon or this evening, bringing in a much cooler air mass for the holiday weekend. An isolated shower or storm is possible tonight as the front slides through, but I doubt we will get any rain from it. Then, Saturday and Sunday will feature a continuation of mostly sunny weather, but highs will only get up to around 80. Lows should also begin to drop into the lower 50s and we may even see the upper 40s Sunday morning. If we do, that would be our coldest temperature since May 10. I was hesitant to predict that low of 48, considering the trend all summer for low temperatures to be warmer than the computer models predict (two of them are predicting lows of 45 and 46), but with such a significant change in the air mass, I think there is a good chance that our temperature will drop into the 40s early Sunday morning.
Medium Range: Next week looks rather uneventful; we'll see sunny to mostly sunny conditions throughout the week. Highs will warm back up into the upper 80s and lower 90s, but at this time it doesn't look like we will see any more intense heat.
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A Strong Work Ethic
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. - Ephesians 4:28
To me, it sounds like this verse isn't exactly speaking to people who steal or rob people in the sense that we usually think about it, but rather to those people who are lazy and just take what the government gives them. In effect, they are stealing from others who do work hard and pay taxes. We see multiple times in the Bible that God believes in hard, honest work and a strong work ethic; He doesn't want us to be lazy. Yes, a few people do have legitimate reasons for not being able to work, but many more simply don't want to, and to God, that is definitely not an acceptable excuse. He commands us to work and earn our wages, and then in turn we can help those who are not lazy but for whatever reason truly need some extra assistance.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version ®, © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Time |
Weather |
Temp |
Precip
Chance |
| 9 AM Fri |
Sunny |
75° |
10% |
| Noon Fri |
Sunny |
90° |
10% |
| 3 PM Fri |
Mostly Sunny |
93° |
10% |
| 6 PM Fri |
Mostly Sunny |
93° |
10% |
| 9 PM Fri |
Partly Cloudy |
75° |
10% |
| Midnight |
Partly Cloudy |
68° |
10% |
| 3 AM Sat |
Mostly Clear |
64° |
10% |
| 6 AM Sat |
Mostly Clear |
61° |
10% |
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| School |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
| Henry County |
All regional schools
have a 99% chance
of being open
for the next week,
excluding any holidays. |
| Martinsville City |
| Carlisle School |
| PHCC |
| Patrick County |
| Franklin County |
| Rockingham Co. |
| Danville City |
| Pittsylvania Co. |
| Percentages reflect my forecast for the chance that these regional schools and school systems will be open. |
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September 3, 2000: This September started off on a very wet note. 3.67 inches of rain fell during the first five days of the month, primarily from several different thunderstorms. Highs climbed into the mid and upper 80s from the 1st through the 4th, but then we only reached a high of 68 on the 5th.
What was the weather like 180 days ago (on March 7, 2010)?
Weather: Sunny
High 66°,
Low 25°,
Precip 0.00"
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