Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: The weather forecast for Tuesday is mostly sunny with a high temperature of around 84 degrees, accompanied by a breezy west wind blowing at 14 to 20 mph, and gusts reaching up to 26 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly clear with a low temperature of about 67 degrees, and a west wind blowing at 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
🚨 You need to know
After Alexandria was hit with a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, the city has some relief with clear skies today.
Alexandria has also fared better in the outage department than it has in the past and better than neighboring Fairfax and Arlington. As of this morning, there are only 15 customers without power in Alexandria, compared to 221 in Arlington and 1,463 around — the admittedly much larger — Fairfax County.
Alexandria is getting a few days of reprieve. The National Weather Service said today and tomorrow should be “mostly sunny” and “sunny” respectively, though there’s a chance of showers and a lighter thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon before returning to a streak of sunny skies.
📈 Monday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Aug 7, 2023.
- JUST IN: Tornado Watch issued for Alexandria and much of the region (3295 views)
- Notes: Suspect arrested after Hybla Valley shooting on Sunday (1342 views)
- National Weather Service warns of hazardous conditions today and tonight in Alexandria (1234 views)
- VIDEO: Driver arrested after Arlandria hit-and-runs Sunday morning (907 views)
🐦 Tweets of note
🤞 But at 5:30pm highest gusts I've seen in Alexandria part of the storm is 30mph. pic.twitter.com/ZUE44SkFL9
— Russ Adams 🌧️🌬️☀️🌡️🌨️ (@patpend) August 7, 2023
https://twitter.com/AlexandriaNow/status/1688657308266401792
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