Some severe weather possible today....

An end to our very warm pattern is at hand as a cold front approaches from the west. We will see showers and storms roll into the Carolinas as today unfolds, and for the Charlotte and Triad zones, the main window of opportunity for showers and storms will be from roughly mid-afternoon into this evening. For I-95 and points east, this activity will mainly be tonight.

I envision this being a scenario where we see a band, or broken band, of showers and storms roll through. Some storms will likely wind up being strong to severe, and while I can't completely rule out any mode of severe weather, I believe damaging winds will be our primary threat.

Hopefully most folks can manage a decent soaking to aid in the pollen. Some of the highest pollen counts in the short recording history of pollen levels have been recorded over the past few days. The reason for the extremely high pollen levels is a combination of the very warm weather and the lack of rain thus far in April. Normally, we see rain every few days this time of year, and that cleanses us of the pollen. That has not happened this year.

A wonderful, refreshing stretch of weather is on tap tomorrow through the weekend. Highs will be in the 60s tomorrow, upper 60s to lower 70s Saturday, and then mid 70s or so Sunday, all with lots of sun. That will be nice!