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Our picture-perfect October weather will continue right through the weekend with plentiful sunshine and highs in the 70s. Enjoy!
Changes are still on tap for next week. An area of low pressure will likely form somewhere between the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas this weekend, and that low will then get pulled northward next week.
I don't have any real changes in my thinking from yesterday. At this point, it still looks like much of the region will have some good rain opportunities by Tuesday and Wednesday.
More fantastic weather is on tap today through the weekend. A 'back-door' cold front is sliding through today, but all that front will do is shave a few degrees off of our highs today compared to yesterday. This will result in mid and some upper 70s with lots of sun today.
Look for lots of sun to remain in place through the weekend with highs in the 70s.
Next week...
Some big weather changes will unfold as we head into next week. It still appears some type of hybrid tropical development could occur in the eastern Gulf by late this weekend, and depending on the movement of that low pressure area, some rains could spread up our way, especially Tuesday and Wednesday.
I had the chance to head out to Charlotte Motor Speedway yesterday and Kart race against some other media members as well as NASCAR drivers Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. I think you could take a wild guess as to who the first and second place finishers were. But, I really had a blast, and a big thanks to all of the folks out at the speedway for allowing me to get out there and have some fun.
Of course, everybody at the track is gearing up for the Dollar General 300 and the Bank of America 500 next Friday and Saturday, the 14th and 15th. The 500 is the only night race in the Chase.
Here are a couple of shots from yesterday. By the way, these karts are no joke.....speeds up to 50mph or so!
On to the weather, today will be the warmest day of the week with highs in the upper 70s for much of the region. A back-door type cold front will swing in from the northeast late tonight, and that will push our highs back down into the mid to upper 70s tomorrow into the weekend.
Next rain chance...
It sure looks like we will see some type of hybrid tropical low pressure development in the Gulf of Mexico by late in the weekend or early next week. If something does indeed form there, it looks like it will get pulled north and in our general direction, possibly bringing some rain to us around Tuesday and Wednesday. We will see.
A+ type of weather will continue all week along around the region with abundant sunshine, highs in the 70s, and most lows in the 40s. Really, perfect October weather.
Our next rain chance is not until Tuesday or so next week, and even that depends on the possibility of something of a tropical nature developing around the Gulf. See the video for more on this.
How about that weekend chill?! Up in the mountains, the first flakes of the season were seen, and it was even enough to whiten the ground in some spots.
A wonderful weather forecast is on the way for us this week with lots of sun overall, pleasant afternoon temps after chilly morning lows.
An area of low pressure is sitting a little to our northeast today, and that will shoot some clouds down into parts of the Piedmont from time to time today with most highs in the 60s.
As the low pulls away, look for essentially full sun tomorrow through the upcoming weekend with most highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s.
Tropics...
Ophelia is impacting parts of the Canadian maritimes this morning but will shoot northeast over the north Atlantic.
Philippe will make the hard right-hand turn and head northeast over the open waters of the central Atlantic this week.
Fall foliage...
As fall foliage season kicks into gear, I would love to see your pictures. You can send them to me via twitter @eastwx, share them on the Facebook page to the right, or send them by standard email at matthew.east@news14.com
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