Severe weather possible today...

Short on time this morning, but everything still looks on track for a greater threat of severe weather this afternoon and evening. A cold front is approaching from the west, wind fields are slowly increasing aloft, and we still have the Piedmont trough in place. All of these factors should combine to give us a good coverage of showers and storms later this afternoon and this evening.

Damaging winds and large hail will be the primary threats, but a brief, isolated tornado cannot be completely ruled out.

I will be in the weather office this afternoon and will take the baton from Tara for the Charlotte market at some point later in the day....