Expect rain and lots of it…
Widespread heavy rainfall is expected across the Piedmont through tonight.
With the ground soaked from Tropical Storm Ernesto…most of Central North Carolina is or will be under a Flood Watch today.
-A Flood Watch is in effect through this evening for portions of Northwest North Carolina and southern Virginia…including Stokes, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin Counties.
-Flash Flood Watch is in effect from noon today through this Evening for …Forsyth, Davidson, Guilford and Randolph Counties.
Hurricane forecaster William Gray’s team at Colorado State University has downgraded its storm expectations for the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane season.
Only five hurricanes are predicted instead of the seven previously forecasted.
Two of the hurricanes predicted will be intense.
Last year, the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season set a record with 28 named storms and 15 hurricanes. (weather.com)
The next storm brewing in the Atlantic: Tropical Depression number Six is still disorganized but expected to strengthen over the next few days. #6 could be named Florence by the end of the week. (weather.com)
Assie Steve Irwin, better known as the Crocodile Hunter, was stabbed through the heart by a stingray on Monday and killed. Irwin was snorkeling in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef while filming a new TV program.
Police said there was nothing suspicious about Irwin’s death and no evidence he provoked the animal. An autopsy will be performed. Irwin, the director of the Australian Zoo in Queensland, was 44 and is survived by his wife and two young children. (cnn, msnbc, AP)
Drinking fruit or vegetable juice several times a week could help protect against Alzheimer's disease. According to a new 9-year study, people who drank fruit or vegetable juice more than 3 times a week cut their risk of developing Alzheimer’s by 76%. The study can be found in September's Archives of General Psychiatry. (USAtoday online)
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Most of the listening area is either under a FLASH FLOOD WATCH or a FLOOD WATCH through this evening.
Your WBFJ Family Friendly Forecast:
Today: Showers and thunderstorms…High 78
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms continuing…Low 65
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Then, a mix of sun and clouds…High 80
Special Guest: Pedro Silva
Managing and Artistic Director…with the NC Shakespeare Festival
NCFS’s 30th season features ‘Romeo and Juliet’ plus ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ with performances daily September 8th – October 8th at The High Point Theater.
School groups plan to attend now.
http://www.ncshakes.org/
(336) 877-3001
