


Temperatures will warm each day, with the first 90s of the year expected late in the week. Next week dries out after the holiday weekend. Temperatures should be higher in the middle to upper 70s. Memorial Day will continue the scattered showers in the first half of the day, and chances likely decreasing in the afternoon. Rain will not last all day, but could be heavy in a few spots. Sunday will bring scattered showers due to a storm system over the Southeast. Our HD satellite images of Winchester will show you whether theres sunshine currently in the area, or if clouds are. MONDAY: Scattered showers Highs: 72-77 Winds: Northeast 10-15 mphĮxpect a dry Saturday but with increasing cloud cover and breezy northeast winds. TOMORROW: Scattered showers, cloudy Highs: 65-70 Winds: East 10-20 mph TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, isolated showers before sunrise Lows: 48-55 Winds: East 5-10 mph Since hail can cause the rainfall estimates to be higher than what is actually occurring, steps are taken to prevent these high dBZ values from being converted to rainfall.TODAY: Increasing clouds Highs: 70-75 Winds: Northeast 15-20 mph Hail is a good reflector of energy and will return very high dBZ values. These values are estimates of the rainfall per hour, updated each volume scan, with rainfall accumulated over time. Depending on the type of weather occurring and the area of the U.S., forecasters use a set of rainrates which are associated to the dBZ values. Winchester, VA Weather Today May 13 Cloudy skies with moderate rain 90 0.398 in 69 / 51 Tomorrow May 14 Cloudy skies 75 / 52 Calm Monday May 15 Sunny. The higher the dBZ, the stronger the rainrate. Typically, light rain is occurring when the dBZ value reaches 20. The scale of dBZ values is also related to the intensity of rainfall. The value of the dBZ depends upon the mode the radar is in at the time the image was created. Winchester VA radar weather maps and graphics providing current Base Reflectivity weather views of storm severity from precipitation levels with the option. Notice the color on each scale remains the same in both operational modes, only the values change. The other scale (near left) represents dBZ values when the radar is in precipitation mode (dBZ values from 5 to 75). One scale (far left) represents dBZ values when the radar is in clear air mode (dBZ values from -28 to +28). Each reflectivity image you see includes one of two color scales. Base Reflectivity Doppler Radar for Winchester VA, providing current static map of storm severity from precipitation levels. The dBZ values increase as the strength of the signal returned to the radar increases. So, a more convenient number for calculations and comparison, a decibel (or logarithmic) scale (dBZ), is used. Reflectivity (designated by the letter Z) covers a wide range of signals (from very weak to very strong). "Reflectivity" is the amount of transmitted power returned to the radar receiver. The colors are the different echo intensities (reflectivity) measured in dBZ (decibels of Z) during each elevation scan. Winchester, VA Weather Radar AccuWeather Today WinterCast Hourly Daily Radar MinuteCast Monthly Air Quality Health & Activities Winchester Weather Radar. Winchester Weather Radar Maps - Motion Local Base Velocity Radar Loop For Current Radar, See: NWS NOTE: We diligently are working to improve the view of local radar loops for Winchester - in the meantime, we can only show the US as a whole.
