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Late August Rain
Near 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 : 67°/59° - RAIN : 1.49″ - YTD: 17.17″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-TWNF on Devil’s Knob @ Wintergreen Mountain : 56°/49° - RAIN 2.08″ - YTD: 24.62″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-Hatcreek Farm on Horseshoe Mountain @ Roseland, VA : 62°/57°- RAIN : 1.88″ - YTD: 24.83″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-Tiger Fuel @ Lovingston, VA : 64°/58° - RAIN : 1.43″ - YTD: 22.37″
-WEDNESDAY High / Low at NCL-Delfosse Winery & Vineyard @ Faber, VA : 68°/59° - RAIN : 1.38″ EST - YTD: 18.25″

Other area rainfall totals by clicking here.

Don’t forget 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.

What a fantastic rainy day on Wednesday! As you can see in the photo above, rain fell most of the day and continued overnight last night.

Look for showers, possibly a rumble of thunder today as rain is again likely. Most people have already received well in excess of an inch of rain as of midnight last night, and we can expect more today with those cool pre fall temperatures again.

By Friday we’ll see some occasional sunshine mixed with showers and isolated thunderstorms.

Saturday has the chance for some scattered thundershowers early with improving conditions as the day wears on, the second half of the Labor Day weekend look mostly sunny and pleasant.

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

Eastern U.S. Regional Current Surface Map via wunderground

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

Your Nelson County Life custom area forecast including: Nellysford, Massies Mill, Love, Covesville, Crozet.

THURSDAY: Continued mostly cloudy, rainy, and cool, rain not as widespread as yesterday.
* Highs Valley: 70-73°
*On the mountains: 64-67°
*Winds: NE 10-15 MPH
*OVERNIGHT: Cloudy with scattered showers. Lows valley: 61-64° : Mountains: 56-59° : Winds: NE-5 MPH

FRIDAY: Partly sunny with scattered thunderstorms. Warmer.
* Highs Valley: 81-84°
*On the mountains: 71-74°
*Winds: Becoming S around 5 MPH in the afternoon
*OVERNIGHT: Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Lows valley: 65-68° : Mountains: 64-67° : Winds: S-5 becoming L & V MPH

EXTENDED OUTLOOK

SAT: P/S T-Showers 85/63
SUN: Mostly Sunny 84/60
MON: Sunny 82/60 (Labor Day)
TUE: Sunny 82/61
WED: Sunny 83/61

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!!

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WINTERGREEN, VA - Wintergreen Winery will hold its annual “Romp, Stomp & Chomp” Harvest Celebration on Labor Day weekend Saturday, August 30th and Sunday, August 31st from 10am until 6pm each day. Enjoy “Romp, Stomp & Chomp” surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains with live music, grape stomping, wine tasting, Virginia foods sampling, picnics and fun for all. The guided wine tasting includes each of the hand crafted wines including just released 2007 Black Rock Chardonnay Reserve, Thomas Nelson White, Three Ridges Red, 2007 Raven’s Roost Cabernet Franc, 2007 Brent’s Mountain Merlot and 2006 Black Rock Red Reserve.

Plan to stay awhile and take in the scenery with a picnic outdoors and enjoy live music on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday kicks off with Ralph Rush’s acoustic Piedmont and Delta blues. Saturday afternoon will feature 2008 Sedalia Blues Festival champs The Biscuit Rollers with “old time blues for the soul”. The Biscuit Rollers kick off the festivities on Sunday. Sunday afternoon features Trent Wagler and the Steel Wheels playing their original Americana roots music. Purchase of a $10 admission per adult (children are free) on Saturday and Sunday includes the wine tasting, live music, a souvenir wine glass, grape stomping, door prize drawings, use of the winery grounds and riverside picnic areas plus wine and gift shop specials. Baked breads, prosciutto, salamis, imported and domestic cheeses, pates, olives, crackers, chips & salsas and other “wine-friendly” light picnic fare will be available for purchase to enjoy with your wine at the scenic picnic area on the banks of the Rockfish River. (The winery will be open for tasting on Labor Day Monday but there are no special activities and there is no admission fee.) No reservations are necessary. Wintergreen Winery is family-friendly and also welcomes well behaved dogs on winery grounds.

For a schedule of the weekend’s activities and directions visit their website at www.WintergreenWinery.com or call (434) 361-2519.

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Photography By Nancy Mulrine
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
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

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

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.

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Updated at 8:30 AM to address cloud cover

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Photography By Ann Strober
Nelson County Life Magazine ©2008
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

Looking 12-24 Hours Ahead

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!

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