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Say it isn’t so! Sunsets start getting earlier this week
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Happy Monday and welcome to another edition of Beyond The Forecast!
In my opinion, one of the best parts about summer is the longer days and later sunsets. Although summer just got started last week, we’ll actually start to see sunsets start to trend EARLIER later this week.
That’s right, the sunset each evening through Thursday will be at 8:44 p.m., then it will start getting earlier for about six months.
Don’t get too bummed out though, it will be a slow and steady progress. We’ll only lose 26 minutes of light in the evenings in the next six weeks.
Franklin County was ravaged by an EF-3 tornado two years ago today
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Happy Monday and welcome to another edition of the Beyond The Forecast newsletter! It’s a bittersweet day for some folks in Franklin County as they look back at an EF-3 tornado that moved through two years ago.
The twister’s path was 8.2 miles long and 250 yards wide. It reached maximum wind speeds of 159 miles per hour and injured two people.
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Blacksburg conducted the storm survey. You can read about the nitty-gritty details here.
The damage pictured in the header of this newsletter happened on Windy Ridge Road, north of Sydnorsville. Below, you see a modular home on Fishburn Mountain Road that was destroyed by the tornado.
Cicadas are coming! Brood X to emerge in Lynchburg this month
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(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Happy Monday and welcome to another edition of Beyond The Forecast! Last spring, Southwest Virginia saw the return of the 17-year cicadas (Brood IX or “Nine”) and now, Central Virginia could hear those familiar chirps this month.
Let’s start by reminding you what exactly these insects are and why we only see certain broods every 17 years.
Cicadas do not sting and do not normally bite. They pose no real threat to humans and vegetation, but of course, they can be a little annoying! The loud chirps are produced by male cicadas and act as a mating call.
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