Nice weather today and tomorrow!

As we continue our mid-January thaw, highs will warm into the 50s today and tomorrow. Some spots might even clip 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon!

No real changes here on our upcoming system this weekend. It still looks moisture-packed, and I expect a healthy rain event Saturday night and Sunday. I still think a widespread 1-2" rain event is on tap with this, and I don't anticipate any wintry weather issues in the Piedmont.

The El Nino will really flex its muscle over the next couple of weeks in the form of an active southern branch of the jet stream. It looks like we will see a storm system roll through every few days, and the next system will likely roll through by later Wednesday or Thursday next week.

I still anticipate a switch back to a colder pattern for the eastern US sometime by the end of the month or early February, but I don't have a great feel yet for exactly when that might occur.