A pretty quiet Labor Day in the Piedmont.....

**No video this morning due to holiday scheduling for the Labor Day holiday. I will have a new video posted for you early tomorrow morning. **

It is a nasty Labor Day in coastal parts of North Carolina today as an area of low pressure is bringing rainy, squally weather over in that part of the region. However, the weather is pretty quiet around here with a good bit of cloud cover and highs in the lower 80s. Most of the rain with that coastal low will stay east of the western and central Piedmont. However, I can't rule out a shower drifting in from the east at some point today or tonight.

We will continue to see a mix of sun and clouds each day through the work week with most highs in the lower 80s. Better chances of some scattered thunderstorms will roll in for the upcoming weekend with highs not to far from 80.

Tropics...

The area of low pressure near the Carolina coast will likely not become a classified tropical system. However, all of the way on the other side of the Atlantic is a strong tropical wave that will likely get classified at some point fairly soon.

My Mississippi State Bulldogs took care of Jackson State Saturday evening 45-7. The team had a somewhat sluggish first half, but things really started clicking during the second half.

Next up....a road game at Auburn Saturday night.

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Nice holiday weekend weather...

In today's video, I take a look at our Labor Day weekend weather plus the tropics....



We are continuing are string of nice weather days today with lots of sunshine and highs in the mid 80s for most. Humidity values will remain very low, so it will continue to feel pleasant.

For all of the area high school football games this evening, the weather will be great with temps dropping through the 70s throughout the evening. For all of the college football action tomorrow, no weather problems in the Carolinas.

For the holiday weekend, it looks like we will see dry conditions. Lots of sunshine will be with us tomorrow with a good bit of cloud cover arriving by Monday.

Later next week, we will see the return of shower chances.

Tropics...

Erika is no longer a classified tropical system. However, we will continue to watch it for signs of redevelopment.

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More excellent weather today...

In today's video, I discuss our continuing nice weather, what is ahead for the holiday weekend into next week, and take a detailed look at the tropics.

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Beautiful weather....watching Erika

Fantastic weather continues...I discuss that, our holiday weekend weather, plus a lot of Erika talk in the video today....



Everyone was well down into the 50s this morning, and we have another great day on tap today. If you liked the weather yesterday, you will like today as well with lots of sun, low humidity, and highs in the upper 70s. A few more clouds will be with us tomorrow, but overall more of the same with upper 70s for highs.

For the upcoming holiday weekend, highs will warm into the low to mid 80s, but conditions still look dry. We will being back in a chance of some rain by Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

Tropics...

Tropical Storm Erika is a struggling tropical storm this morning.....its battle is with dry air. However, Erika should continue to fight that battle and could become a hurricane at some point over the next several days. It looks like the system will be in or near the Bahamas later in the weekend. After that, all options are on the table, and all interests from Florida up the Eastern Seaboard need to watch it closely.

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Pleasant conditions....

Very nice weather here in the Carolinas as we begin September....lots to talk about in today's video including our nice weather, possible tropical trouble from Erika-to-be, and major hurricane Jimena set to hit the Baja.




After many folks saw some upper 50s for lows this morning, we will see some sunshine today with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Couple those temps with low levels of humidity, and we have a nice September day on our hands.

Lows will remain in the mid to upper 50s the next few nights with highs in the mid to upper 70s through Friday. Highs will warm into the lower side of the 80s this weekend.

Tropics: In the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Jimena is powerful Category 4 hurricane and will impact the Baja Peninsula later this week. This will be a big weather story in coming days.

We are closely watching a very healthy tropical disturbance east of the Lesser Antilles. This stands a very good chance of becoming Tropical Storm Erika fairly soon. It looks like Erika-to-be will wind up near or just east of the Bahamas by later this weekend. Stay tuned...

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