7pm Update...

Scattered showers and storms fired over the past couple of hours as the warm front lifted through the area. Dewpoints continue to climb, and at the 7:00 hour, Gastonia's dp was up to 58, Shelby was at 55, and Clover, Monroe, Wadesboro, and Rockinghamm all were at 54. So, the atmosphere continues to gradually moisten up and destabilize.

Lots of rain is falling in the mountains, and as that moves in it will have a stabilizing effect on the atmosphere. However, we have to keep in mind that we are still several hours away from what I believe is the beginning of our best window of opportunity for severe weather. So, things need to continue to be monitored closely.

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Moderate Risk Nearby

With the 1630 update from the SPC, they have expanded the moderate risk area northeastward to near the Charlotte metro area. If we get the dewpoints up into the lower 60s this evening, parts of our area have a strong possibility of seeing some strong to severe storms. More later today...

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Severe Weather Potential Tonight...

We will be keeping a close eye on how things evolve through the day and evening. A strong storm system will plow through the Carolinas tonight. One thing looks fairly certain...we will see lots of rain. My initial thoughts are that the area (Charlotte region) will see at least between 1-2 inches of rain. We will take it.

As far as severe weather is concerned, it will depend on how much our airmass destabilizes this evening in advance of the cold front. I do think we have the potential for some strong to severe strorms, mainly along and to the south and east of I-85. Strong winds, hail, and possibly a tornado or two will be possible of things line up correctly tonight.

I will be holding down the evening shift for the Charlotte market. We will have you covered on News 14 Carolina. Stay tuned...

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Exhausted...

After about an hour of wall-to-wall coverage and a ton of live weather hits, I didn't walk out of the studio until about 3:20 this morning.....hit the bed at home a little before 4am. We had to be at an appointment at 10am, so no real chance for sleeping in. Back at work today covering both the Triad and Charlotte markets for the evening shift. I have both markets again tomorrow, then the my regular evening shifts for Charlotte this weekend.

So, without much further ado, it is time to try and get some sleep tonight!

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12:50am Update..

A wave of rain and storms is moving through the viewing area early this morning. A couple of the storms could be strong to severe with large hail and possibly some damaging winds being the primary threats.

Keep it tuned to News 14 Carolina. I am burning the midnight oil tonight....

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Watching the Thunderstorm Potential...

I have been watching the streaming severe weather coverage from my pals at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama this afternoon. There have been nomerous tornado warnings in north and central Alabama this afternoon, but thankfully, I haven't heard of any serious damage.

The cold front which sparked the storms in Alabama is moving our area. Now, we have had a wedge in place all day with temps hovering in the upper 40s to lower 50s. However, the wedge is slowly eroding away this evening, and our airmass is slowly becoming a little more unstable. Showers will continue through this evening before ending in the pre-dawn hours Thursday. A few thunderstorms are possible, and if we see enough instability move in, a strong or severe storm can't be ruled out. I think that is only an outside chance, but I will watch things closely. If we do see storms, they would probably occur between 10pm and 2am tonight.

Another complex storm system will move through this weekend. Actually, there are growing indications that that system will dump some heavy amount of snow Sunday and Monday for interior New England back into the central Apps. Actually, a couple of recent GFS runs showed a brief changeover to snow in the Piedmont of North Carolina Sunday. That probably won't happen, but it is interesting. As it stands now, I expect rain and maybe some storms to spread in Saturday through Saturday night with rain lingering through Sunday and much cooler temperatures for the second half of the weekend as well.

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Quick Tuesday Thoughts

We continue to gradually climb out of the deep freeze of this past weekend. Today should be a nice day, albeit still cool with highs in the lower 60s.

A wedge develops by tomorrow morning, and that will set us up with occasional rain and cool conditions for Wednesday. Look for temperaturs in the 50s all day. The rainfall doesn't look to be overly heavy, but we will certainly take whatever we can get.

After the wedge erodes away, highs will return to the 70s Thursday through Saturday. Our next system will move through later Saturday and Saturday evening. I still think some severe weather could be involved with that system, and we will watch it closely.

Yesterday was the day I had pre-determined to give the grass its first cutting of the year. It is all part of a somewhat elaborate plan we have of getting everything ready for Jayden's 4th birthday party later in the month. At any rate, I am pretty sure yesterday was the first time I have ever cut the grass in a sweat shirt and pants. Temps were in the 50s all afternoon, and when the wind kicked up a bit late in the afternoon, it was downright chilly out there.

Not a whole lot on the plate for today. If I get inspired enough, I will continue to work on some things outside getting ready for the party.

With Jeff out of town this weekn in Vegas, I am in the evening slot for Charlotte all week. I will also be doing the evening weather for the Triad market on Thursday and Friday. And, with storms possible Saturday, this has the makings of a pretty busy work week. So, time to get off of here and go spend time with my family today! Have a great day!

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