Saturday evening...

Beautiful evening out there...get out and enjoy.

Sunday looks quite nice with mainly mid 80s for highs and continued lower than average humidity. The latest GFS MOS numbers have come in....it is down to 57 for a low tonight in Charlotte. I have 59 going in my official forecast. For your information, 57 is the record low in CLT for tomorrow.

Somebody asked below what the dewpoint is. As I am typing this, Charlotte's dewpoint is 58 degrees. So, that means that if the actual air temperature was 58 degrees, the relative humidity would be 100%, and the air would be saturated. The dewpoint is the temperature at which that layer of the atmosphere would be saturated.

Everyone have a great night. Have a great Sunday, and enjoy the weather! God bless...

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This is July???

Beautiful this morning. I saw lots of temps in the 50s to start the day...including Concord at 55! It looks like the Charlotte airport bottomed out at 59....1 degree above the record. Many mountain locations dipped into the 40s again this morning. Grandfather Mountain (the summit) got down to 47.

Just great weather. It will be great all day with comfortable humidity values, lots of sun, and highs in the mid 80s. Get out and enjoy...you don't get treats like this in July very much!

Looks like not much will occur regarding the possible low pressure forming off of the southeast coast. It will probably bring some rain to portions of the New England states through tomorrow, but for the Carolinas, not many problems aside from some showers near the Outer Banks.

Enjoy the weather today! Do something outdoors. I will be in the weather office this afternoon....my on-air shift starts at 5:01pm. Looks like a nice and quiet day in the office.

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Gorgeous Weather...

Cooler and drier air is taking hold over our region. That cooler and drier air will make for a beautiful day today and tomorrow.

By the way, it is a rather chilly start up in the mountains this morning with Boone and Grandfather Mountain down in the 40s!

Look for low to mid 80s today, and with dewpoints in the 50s, and maybe even 40s at times, it will be extremely pleasant out there.

I mentioned here in this space early Wednesday morning that I thought Charlotte might challenge the record low of 58 Saturday morning. Well, I am now forecasting a low of 58 tonight, so I think Charlotte has a good shot at typing or even breaking the record low for tomorrow.

Tomorrow looks great with lots of sun, mid 80s for highs, and continued low humidity values.

Trouble from the tropics???
It is really quite amazing that most computer models continue to indicate a low pressure forming somewhere off of the southeast coast this weekend. I only say it is amazing because so far, there are no real signs of that occurring.

Our own in-house computer model develops a low pressure east of Jacksonville early tomorrow morning, then moves that low inland near Wilmington and keeps it spinning over eastern North Carolina through Sunday. If that solution verifies, wholesale changes would have to be made to our Sunday forecast around here. If that solution occurs, we would be looking at rain chances and lots of clouds Sunday. The NAM is also indicating rain chances here Sunday. Here is the surface map valid 8pm Sunday from the 6z run of the NAM today...



However, at the moment, I am just mentioning partly cloudy skies and dry weather continuing Sunday. But, this forecast might have to be amended as we go through time and see whether or not that low pressure will develop.

Elsewhere, the tropics are very quiet.

Later next work week, we get back to more typical summertime stuff around here. Look for muggy conditions to return with the chance for mainly afternoon showers and storms Tuesday through Friday.

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