Eighty-eight and mostly sunny today — the kind of Thursday that doesn't shift underfoot. Southwest wind stays calm, zero to three miles per hour, and the sky holds blue through mid-afternoon. Tonight drops to sixty-three under partial clouds. Tomorrow brings a thirty percent chance of storms after 3 p.m., so today's the day to plan for dry hours outside.
The Taubman Museum of Art is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — the Rodin galleries stay cool, the second-floor windows frame the city skyline, and admission is free. Mill Mountain Theatre's evening performance of <em>Clue</em> runs at 7:30 p.m. at Center in the Square; box office opens at noon if you want to grab tickets in person. History Museum of Western Virginia keeps the same 10-to-5 schedule, and the third-floor railroad exhibit runs long if you let it. A Few Old Goats Brewing on the main floor here taps a new kolsch this afternoon — light, crisp, built for eighty-eight degrees.
The Roanoke River Greenway is walkable now, before the sun peaks. The eastern section toward Explore Park runs flat and shaded in stretches — about four miles out and back from the trailhead near Smith Park, fifteen minutes east by car. Mill Mountain's parking lot sits just ten minutes south; the walk to the star takes twenty minutes uphill, and the ridge catches a breeze most afternoons. If you'd rather stay level, the downtown stretch of the greenway — accessible from Wasena Park, seven minutes west — runs alongside the water with minimal elevation change.
Tomorrow's forecast shows storms likely after 3 p.m., forty percent chance into the evening. If you're planning outdoor commitments, schedule them before lunch. Tonight stays dry and mild — sixty-three degrees, light wind, good for the courtyard if you're meeting someone or finishing a book outside.
At the flats, the patio stays sunny until about 7 p.m. this time of year. The main-floor brewery opens at 4 p.m. today — kolsch on tap, windows open to Campbell Avenue, the kind of Thursday where people stop in for one and stay for three. The courtyard between buildings holds shade after 5. If you're here tonight, you'll have company.