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Photography By Nancy Mulrine
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Andy Waldeck & Jenn Rhubright @ Community Cabaret Benefit for Sk8Nelson
The Hamner Theater
Afton, Virginia

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Rainfall totals as of 11:59 PM EDT Tuesday night:

-TUESDAY High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 74°/68° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.17″
-TUESDAY High / Low at NCL-TWNF on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 69°/58° - RAIN 0.00″ - YTD: 24.62″
-TUESDAY High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 75°/65°- RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 24.83″
-TUESDAY High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 75°/70° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 22.37″
-TUESDAY High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 76°/69° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 18.25″

The shot above is from this past weekend’s performances at The Hamner Theater in the Rockfish Valley Community Center. Lots of bands came out and played to benefit Sk8 Nelson, a group trying to bring a real skate park to Nelson County. Be looking for more events and information on SK8 Nelson as they become more organized. And you can always visit The Hamner Theater website to see all of the upcoming acts there. A big thanks to Nancy over at the theater for grabbing this photo for us.

Also want to keep reminding you about the Crutchfield Electronics Recycling truck that will be at the RVCC a week from this coming Saturday on September 6th from 9 AM to 3 PM. That’s the same day as the pancake breakfast. For this one day only, Crutchfield is waiving the normal small fee for you to get rid of most any electronics. Nelson County Life, The RVCC & Crutchfield have all teamed up to bring the truck to Nelson for this one special day. They tell me pretty much anything with a corded plug qualifies! Click on the Crutchfield image on the upper left of your screen under the cover photo to learn more.

Can you believe we’re actually talking about rain for several days? Last night light rain began creeping into portions of the area, and today we should begin to see a nice soaking rain, the first in a couple months. Highs Tuesday never made it out of the 70’s in the valley and the 60’s on the mountains. That’s roughly 20 degrees cooler than Monday!

The rain won’t wipe out all of the dry weather we’ve had lately, but it will certainly put a dent in it. A frontal boundary teams up what’s left of TS Fay to provide us with some widespread rainfall across most of Virginia except for the far northern portions.

Because of the clouds and rain, look for very fall feeling temps again today with highs only in the mid & upper 60’s valley and around 65° on the mountains.

Some rain continues into early Labor Day weekend on Saturday, with gradually improving conditions by Saturday afternoon. The second half of the holiday look sunny & nice for now with pleasant temps in the low 80’s.

5 Day Forecast For Gustav
Hurricane Gustav down in the Atlantic, appears to be headed on a track toward the the Gulf of Mexico.

Eastern U.S. Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

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Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Afton, White Mountain, Tyro, Ivy, Shipman.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy with widespread rain developing throughout the day.
* Highs Valley: 67-70°
*On the mountains: 63-66°
*Winds: E 5-10 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Rain & Cool. Lows valley: 58-61° : Mountains: 54-57° : Winds: NE 5-10 MPH

THURSDAY: Continued mostly cloudy, rainy, and mild.
* Highs Valley: 71-74°
*On the mountains: 64-67°
*Winds: E-5 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Cloudy with scattered showers. Lows valley: 61-64° : Mountains: 56-59° : Winds: NE-5 MPH becoming L & V

EXTENDED OUTLOOK

FRI: P/S T-Showers 83/64
SAT: P/S T-Showers 83/63
SUN: Sunny 81/58
MON: Sunny 80/59 (Labor Day)
TUE: M/S 80/59

All mountain temperatures in the extended period roughly 10-15 degrees cooler than those listed in the valley for afternoon highs.

Have a great & rainy Wednesday!!

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From WCAV CBS-19 Charlottesville:

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August 26, 2008

UPDATE: (10:00am) The missing girl was found this morning. She is said to be in good condition.

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Search teams in Nelson County are looking for a missing 17-year-old girl at Crabtree Falls.

Investigators say she was hiking with a group yesterday when she took a different path at the top of a mountain.

The Nelson County Sheriff’s office launched the search last night when the girl never returned from the hike.

The girl is described as a white female, 5′8″ and about 130 pounds. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, tennis shoes, and a blue short-sleeved shirt.

Contact the Nelson County Sheriff’s Department if you know anything that may help authorities find the girl.

Updated at 8:30 AM to address cloud cover

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Photography By Ann Strober
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Sunset From Raven’s Roost
Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia

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Rainfall totals as of 11:59 PM EDT Monday night:

-MONDAY High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 91°/60° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.17″
-MONDAY High / Low at NCL-TWNF on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 76°/64° - RAIN 0.00″ - YTD: 24.62″
-MONDAY High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 86°/54°- RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 24.83″
-MONDAY High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 89°/61° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 22.37″
-MONDAY High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 91°/66° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 18.25″

Thank you again Ann Strober for the great sunset view from the BRP at Raven’s Roost. We’ve been highlighting lots of nice sunsets over the past few days, and this is another really great one, but with a few clouds on the horizon from an approaching cold front that’s moved through the area.

Most people missed the showers yesterday as they were confined to southern portions and to the NW. Some light rain fell but not enough to even measure. The bigger story, cool northerly winds that blew in overnight that will keep temps feeling like a prelude to fall today.

The cold front that moved through works back as a warm front over the next day combining with what’s left over from Tropical Storm Fay to increase chances for rain from Wednesday into the first half of the holiday weekend.

Temperatures stay in the mid to upper 70’s until the weekend when we get back into the lower 80’s.

5 Day Forecast For Gustav
We also continue to watch Hurricane Gustav down in the Atlantic, it appears to be headed on a track toward the southern tip of Florida the Gulf of Mexico.

Eastern U.S. Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

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Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Raven’s Roost, Lovingston, Bryant, Schuyler.

TUESDAY: Mostly sunnyPartly to mostly cloudy & milder.
* Highs Valley: 75-78°
*On the mountains: 64-67°
*Winds: NE 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Partly cloudy then light showers developing after midnight. Lows valley: 58-62° : Mountains: 50-53° : Winds: E 5-10 MPH

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy with light morning showers, then scattered showers likely in the afternoon. Cool.
* Highs Valley: 72-75°
*On the mountains: 63-66°
*Winds: E 5-10 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Scattered showers. Lows valley: 64-67° : Mountains: 59-62° : Winds: E-5 MPH

EXTENDED OUTLOOK

THU: M/C T-Showers 76/63
FRI: M/C T-Showers 79/64
SAT: P/S T-Showers 81/63
SUN: M/S 80/60
MON: M/S 80/61 (Labor Day)

All mountain temperatures in the extended period roughly 10-15 degrees cooler than those listed in the valley for afternoon highs.

Have a great Tuesday!

KnowYourNelson.com

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5 Day Forecast For Gustav

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Photography By Jeff Stone
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
Sunset At Three Ridges
Nellysford, Virginia

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Rainfall totals as of 11:59 PM EDT Sunday night:

-SUNDAY High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 91°/61° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.17″
-SUNDAY High / Low at NCL-TWNF on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 75°/60° - RAIN 0.00″ - YTD: 24.62″
-SUNDAY High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : N/A°/N/A°- RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 24.83″
-SUNDAY High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 89°/64° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 22.37″
-SUNDAY High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 89°/64° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 18.25″

Thanks to Jeff Stone over at Wintergreen Winery for today’s weather photo. This is another really great sunset, think this one is at Three Ridges. We’ve been having some spectacular ones lately, and appreciate Jeff sending this one our way!

The weather over the weekend was pretty much as forecast, warm and dry with no rain.

Today we’ll have chances for isolated afternoon thunderstorms as a cold front works through the area, passing to our south, stalling, then returning as a warm front later in the week. This keeps chances for thunderstorms in the forecast off and on starting Wednesday. If remnants of Fay make her way here, that will interact with the front giving us better chances for much needed rain.

We also continue to watch two other tropical disturbances out in the Atlantic for possible impact on U.S. weather by next weekend.

Temperatures remain pleasant in the upper 70’s to lower 80’s after today’s readings in the 90’s.

Eastern U.S. Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

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Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Three Ridges, Midway Mills, Amherst, Faber.

MONDAY: Partly sunny & hot with isolated afternoon thunderstorms.
* Highs Valley: 90-93°
*On the mountains: 76-79°
*Winds: SW 5-10 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Evening Isolated T-Storms, then partly cloudy & milder. Lows valley: 60-63° : Mountains: 54-57° : Winds: W 5-10 MPH becoming N 10-15 MPH after midnight.

TUESDAY: Mostly sunny & milder.
* Highs Valley: 79-82°
*On the mountains: 70-73°
*Winds: NE 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Partly cloudy early then mostly cloudy. Lows valley: 58-61° : Mountains: 50-53° : Winds: NE-5 MPH becoming L & V

EXTENDED OUTLOOK

WED: M/C Showers 76/62
THU: M/C T-Showers 78/63
FRI: M/C T-Showers 81/64
SAT: P/S T-Showers 82/62
SUN: P/S 81/63

All mountain temperatures in the extended period roughly 10-15 degrees cooler than those listed in the valley for afternoon highs.

Have a great Monday!

KnowYourNelson.com

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These two new areas of disturbed weather have the potential for tropical development. We’ll keep you posted.

Number 94

Number 95

Existing Tropical Storm Fay

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Photography By Ann Strober
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Sunset Over The Mountains
Nellysford, Virginia

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Rainfall totals as of 11:59 PM EDT Friday night:

-FRIDAY High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 87°/53° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.01″
-FRIDAY High / Low at NCL-TWNF on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 75°/55° - RAIN 0.00″ - YTD: 24.62″
-FRIDAY High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 84°/52°- RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 24.83″
-FRIDAY High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 87°/57° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 22.29″
-FRIDAY High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 87°/58° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.93″

Thanks to Ann Strober for this weekend’s weather photo of the sun setting behind the mountains just outside of Nellysford. Ann has become quite the photo taker with her new Nikon!

Also, howdy to Ray Aston who listens every morning! Ray stopped me earlier this week and was wondering what was happening with our audio on Wednesday morning. Any of you with satellite internet know what problems it can be, we’re there! But thanks for listening every morning Ray!

And be sure to make it over to the Hamner Theater this weekend in the RVCC, for their event benefiting SK8 Nelson, that the bunch working to establish a skate park here. You can read the flier above for more info or click here for details.

Continue to remind you about the Crutchfield Electronics Recycling Truck that will be at the Rockfish Valley Community Center on Saturday September 6th from 9 AM to 3PM. That’s a week from this weekend, the same day as the monthly pancake breakfast. You see the information on the left hand side of your screen right under the cover of our magazine, just click on that Crutchfield image to get a larger version of the information. This is a really neat way to get rid of all of those old electronics including, old televisions, radios, air conditioners, to just mention a few!

Unfortunately, we don’t have any good prospects for rain this weekend. All indicators are showing Tropical Storm Fay hooking left and heading away from us in the next couple of days.

Our next, best chance for rain arrives Monday with a cold front that will eventually stall over the region keeping chances for rain in the forecast for most of the first part of next week.

For the immediate weekend ahead, look for partly to mostly sunny skies and dry conditions.

Eastern U.S. Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

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Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Stoney Creek, Lovingston, Variety Mills, The Blue Ridge Parkway.

FRIDAY: Continued mostly sunny, fair.
* Highs Valley: 82-85°
*On the mountains: 72-75°
*Winds: E 5-10 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Partly cloudy & mild. Lows valley: 61-64° : Mountains: 57-60° : Winds: E 5-10 MPH

SATURDAY: Partly sunny & warm.
* Highs Valley: 83-86°
*On the mountains: 74-77°
*Winds: NE 5-10 MPH becoming SE in the afternoon
*OVERNIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows valley: 61-64° : Mountains: 60-63° : Winds: SE-5 MPH

EXTENDED OUTLOOK

SUN: P/S 87/63
MON: P/S T-Showers 82/63
TUE: P/S T-Showers 79/62
WED: P/S T-Showers 78/63
THU: P/S 80/63

All mountain temperatures in the extended period roughly 10-15 degrees cooler than those listed in the valley for afternoon highs.

Have a great Weekend!

KnowYourNelson.com

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Photography By Henri Weems
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
Good Night Moon - Over Three Ridges
Nellysford, Virginia

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Rainfall totals as of 11:59 PM EDT Wednesday night:

-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 84°/68° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.01″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-TWNF on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 75°/57° - RAIN 0.00″ - YTD: 24.62″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 84°/65°- RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 24.83″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 84°/69° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 22.29″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : N/A°/N/A° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.93″

Thanks to Henri Weems for today’s weather photo of the moon saying “good night” as it sets over Three Ridges to the SW of Nellysford just before daylight.

Also want to remind you about the Crutchfield Electronics Recycling Truck that will be at the Rockfish Valley Community Center on Saturday September 6th from 9 AM to 3PM. That’s the same day as the monthly pancake breakfast. You see the information on the left hand side of your screen right under the cover of our magazine, just click on that Crutchfield image to get a larger version of the information. This is a really neat way to get rid of all of those old electronics including, old televisions, radios, air conditioners, to just mention a few!

For the past several several days we’ve had those kinds of sunrises and sunsets Henri captured, as skies have stayed mostly clear with warm to hot days and mild nights. So far for the month of August we have only seen .18″ of rain here at the office n Greenfield, and other locations the same. You don’t need a weather guy to tell you that it’s become very, very dry lately.

Look for the dry weather to continue right on into the weekend. Showers return next week, hopefully, by Monday.

Eastern U.S. Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

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Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Three Ridges, Ivy, Covesville, Crabtree Falls.

THURSDAY: Sunny & warm.
* Highs Valley: 83-86°
*On the mountains: 74-77°
*Winds: E 5-10 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Clear & cool. Lows valley: 53-56° : Mountains: 52-55° : Winds: E-5 MPH

FRIDAY: Continued mostly sunny, fair.
* Highs Valley: 82-85°
*On the mountains: 72-75°
*Winds: E 5-10 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Partly cloudy & mild. Lows valley: 62-65° : Mountains: 57-60° : Winds: SE 5-10 MPH becoming L & V

EXTENDED OUTLOOK

SAT: P/S 84/63
SUN: P/S 87/63
MON: P/S T-Showers 82/63
TUE: P/S T-Showers 79/62
WED: P/S T-Showers 79/63

All mountain temperatures in the extended period roughly 10-15 degrees cooler than those listed in the valley for afternoon highs.

Have a great Thursday!

KnowYourNelson.com

Forecast By Tommy Stafford - Nelson County Life Magazine

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Photography By Tommy Stafford
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
Hurricane Camille Historic Marker Dedication
Near Nellysford, Virginia

Connie Brennan, Central District Supervisor, (left) loosens the straps from a cover on Nelson’s newest historic marker remembering August 20, 1969, the date when a catastrophic category 5 hurricane hit the county killing dozens. Ann Andres, from The Virginia Department of Historic Resources, right, helps take the cover off. Just behind the shroud is John Redick, president of the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.

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Rainfall totals as of 11:59 PM EDT Tuesday night:

-TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Nelson County Life Magazine in the Rockfish Valley : 94°/59° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.01″
-TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-TWNF on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 83°/60° - RAIN 0.00″ - YTD: 24.62″
-TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 92°/56°- RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 24.83″
-TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 93°/60° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 22.29″
-TUESDAY’S High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : N/A°/N/A° - RAIN : 0.00″ - YTD: 17.93″

It was 39 years ago today that Nelson County was hit by devastating Hurricane Camille. Over a hundred people lost their lives statewide, dozens here in Nelson, in the category 5 hurricane that forever changed Nelson County. Yesterday, Peter Agelasto and others unveiled a historic marker just off Route 151 South of Spruce Creek on the banks of the Rockfish River near Elk Hill. (see accompanying story in current August issue of NCL page 41) It was at that very spot near the Rockfish River Bridge that Ed Ewing and his wife were killed in the raging flood waters coming down from the mountains. The marker is in addition to others in the county memorializing the event.

We certainly won’t see anything like Camille in our area today, and it still looks like Fay is not going to affect our weather. The present thinking is high pressure will keep the storm from making into Virginia, rather pushing it to our south and west. We’ll keep you posted if she heads this way.

Look for temperatures to moderate a bit for the rest of the week leaving behind the 90’s we’ve seen for the past two to three days. Chances for rain (excluding Fay if she moved this way) will reappear around Monday.

Eastern U.S. Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

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Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Elk Hill, Massies Mill, Mendus, Davis Creek and Woods Mill.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny, and milder.
* Highs Valley: 82-85°
*On the mountains: 70-73°
*Winds: NE 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Clear & fair. Lows valley: 60-63° : Mountains: 57-60° : Winds: E-5 MPH

THURSDAY: Sunny & warm.
* Highs Valley: 84-87°
*On the mountains: 77-80°
*Winds: E-5 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Partly cloudy & cool. Lows valley: 58-62° : Mountains: 57-60° : Winds: E-5 MPH becoming L & V

EXTENDED OUTLOOK

FRI: M/S 83/63
SAT: M/S 84/63
SUN: M/S 84/63
MON: P/S Showers 83/63
THU: P/S 79/62

All mountain temperatures in the extended period roughly 10-15 degrees cooler than those listed in the valley for afternoon highs.

Have a great Wednesday!

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