Out of the office....

Going to be taking a few days off for the rest of the week. I will be back in the weather office early Monday morning. I might put up a twitter or Facebook hit or two (on the right), but for the most part, I try to step away when I take vacation time.

I appreciate all of you stopping by! Tuesday's edition of the Carolina Weather Video and discussion are in the post right below this one....

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Another active day...

Monday was a pretty active weather day for much of our region, and severe weather was an issue, especially through the southern Piedmont.

We remain in a muggy, soupy airmass today, and in this type of airmass, it does not take much to initiate showers and storms. We have a couple of disturbances that will pivot through today and tonight, and I expect areas of showers and storms to be with us today and at least into this evening.

Again today, some damaging winds are possible in addition to the possibility of heavy rain and lots of lightning.

Tomorrow, some slightly drier air will try to slip in here, and I anticipate a significantly decreased coverage of showers and storms for our Wednesday and Thursday. Highs will be around 90 tomorrow and up into the mid 90s Thursday.

Another trough will approach our region for Friday and the weekend, ramping up the coverage of showers and storms again.

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Some good shower and storm chances...

After a one-day reprieve from the very humid conditions of late last week, it is quite muggy again today. A disturbance is located over eastern Tennessee this morning, and that disturbance will cruise through our region later today. In response to that, I anticipate a pretty good coverage of scattered showers and storms to fire, especially areas close to and north and west of I-85. Highs today will be held down a bit due to increasing clouds....mid to upper 80s for the Triad to near 90 for Charlotte.

Tomorrow also looks pretty unsettled with areas of showers and storms and highs in the mid to maybe upper 80s. On both today and tomorrow, a few storms could produce some damaging winds, and as always during summer, locally heavy rain and lightning will accompany the storms.

The number of afternoon showers and storms will likely decrease a bit by Thursday and Friday and highs will warm toward the mid 90s. More typical mid-summer weather appears on tap for the weekend as well with warm and muggy conditions and some scattered afternoon storms.

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