Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies with highs around 64 degrees and light winds turning southeast at about 6 mph during the morning. The evening will bring mostly cloudy conditions with lows near 53 degrees and a gentle southeast breeze of 3 to 6 mph.
🚨 You need to know
Russ Adams, a fixture of Alexandria’s online community as Del Ray’s weatherman, died on Oct. 31 after a battle with cancer.
Adams was a patent examiner and supervisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for 34 years before he retired in 2004.
While Adams’ bio noted that he’s been on the internet since 1994, Adams became a fixture of Alexandria’s online community in recent years after he started tweeting out weather information for Del Ray and covering weather on his website, Del Ray VA Weather.
It started as simple notifications for rain, but started moving into providing concrete data for rainfall, spreading rainfall predictions, lightning strike notifications and more.
Adams build an impressive following in Alexandria and beyond thanks to his wit and responsiveness to questions. After his death, tributes poured in from locals, from local reporters to Mayor Justin Wilson.
Dear Friends & Followers,
With heavy hearts, we share that our beloved Russ Adams passed away on October 31 after a battle with cancer. To honor him we are creating a memorial video. If you’d like to share a memory, please reply here or message us.
With love,
Sunny, Ben, & Jon— Russ Adams 🌧️🌬️☀️🌡️🌨️ (@patpend) November 3, 2024
Photo via Russ Adams/Twitter
📈 Friday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Nov 1, 2024.
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- Alexandria Mayor lays out path to EPA compliance after termination of two major projects (693 views)
- Notes: Police arrest two for mace attacks around Eisenhower Metro station (691 views)
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