Wet weather moving in...

For the mountains, foothills, and much of the piedmont, it was a picture-perfect Thursday across the region with highs in the 70s and low humidity. It was a very wet day yesterday across eastern SC and southern NC as well as central and southern GA.

That wet weather is lifting northward, and rain chances arrive in the NC piedmont and foothills today. We will then see periods of rain tonight and through the weekend.

Temps will really be held in check tomorrow as a wedge sets up. In fact, many places will likely remain in the 60s all day. Sunday only looks slightly warmer.

The wedge pattern breaks Monday and we return to more typical August weather next work week.

See more in today's video, including a run-down of the tropics....

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Beautiful for many areas today... rainy, cool period ahead...

We will enjoy picture-perfect weather today around most of the piedmont, foothills, and mounrains with highs failing to make 80 in many areas and low levels of humidity. However, it's a rainy morning in eastern SC and southeastern NC,  and changes are just around the corner. As soon as tonight, some rain could arrive for much of the piedmont.

There are some difference amongst our various computer models (for example, almost no rain over the next 72 hours on the RPM, but multiple inches on the GFS), but I think the basic forecast idea tomorrow through the weekend is cool, occasionally rainy conditions. Highs tomorrow and Saturday will likely struggle to reach 70 in many places with periods of rain.

Next work week, more typical August weather returns with highs toward the upper 80s and some afternoon storm chances.

TD5:

A tropical depression has formed in the eastern Atlantic off of the African coast. This will likely become a tropical storm soon, and it will head generally westward over the Atlantic in coming days.

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Ahhhh.....

A much cooler and drier airmass is filtering into the mountains, foothills, and much of the piedmont today, and the result for many areas will be a couple of extremely nice August days. Highs in many areas of NC will only be around 80 or so today and tomorrow, and humidity levels will be low.

We still appear to be gearing up for a wet and cool weekend. Tropical moisture will get lifted up and over our layer of cool air we have in place, and the result will likely be a rainy and cool weekend. Some spots might not make it out of the 60s somewhere in the Friday-Sunday period if the rain really settles in.

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Showers and storms today... BIG weather change tomorrow...

A cold front is approaching the region, and that front will kick off numerous showers and storms around the region today. Some of the storms could be severe with damaging winds being the main threat.

A BIG weather change arrives for tomorrow, and it will be a much different weather setup from tomorrow through the weekend.

See today's video for all of the details.

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Humid conditions continue through tomorrow...

Humidity levels will remain high today and tomorrow across the region in advance of our next front. We will have some scattered storms this afternoon and evening, and then tomorrow looks fairly active with a good coverage of showers and storms as that front moves through.

Following that front, much drier air will arrive for Wednesday along with cooler temps too. Then, Thursday through the weekend, a pronounced summer wedge scenario will unfold for us with good rain chances and cool daytime highs.

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