Heat slowly builds....

Very warm conditions will be with us today through the weekend. Highs today around the Piedmont will top out in the upper 80s to around 90, then look for low to mid 90s tomorrow and Sunday. Not only will be be fairly hot, it is going to remain quite humid, so this will have the look and feel of a mid-Summer weekend.

If you are heading out of town this weekend, first of all, remember you can check out the mountain and coastal pages of my site on the left. Lots of good information there. For the coast, a pretty good beach weekend is on tap. Highs will be well up into the 80s, and locations outside of the Outer Banks could even touch 90 either weekend day. A few PM storms will be possible through the weekend, but they will be hit and miss.

Up in the mountains, look for some scattered afternoon storms with highs in the 80s.

It still appears we will get a break from this weekend's heat and humidity as we roll into Monday and Tuesday. Highs will back down toward the mid 80s, and the humidity levels will be noticeably lower.

Some shower and storm chances look to return for the second half of the work week.

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More of the same...

Wash, rinse, and repeat....the same general forecast ideas are holding steady around the region. We remain in a very warm and humid pattern, and highs today and tomorrow will be in the upper 80s to near 90 in many spots. Both today and tomorrow we will again see scattered showers and storms fire during the afternoon hours, and a couple of storms could be strong to severe.

Any storm is fair game to produce locally heavy rain and frequent lightning. Like we have seen over the past few days, some localized flash flooding issues could arise.

Over the weekend, we will ratchet the heat up a few ticks....lower 90s Saturday and some mid 90s appearing Sunday. The overall number of showers and storms will likely decrease a bit over the weekend, but the storms that do form could pack a punch.

It still looks like we might get a bit of a break from the heat and humidity Monday and Tuesday with some 80s for highs and considerably lower levels of humidity.

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Summer-like pattern...

We have settled into a summer-like pattern around our region with warm and humid conditions and daily chances of scattered showers and storms....especially during the afternoon and evening hours. This general pattern will persist right through the weekend as well.

Highs today will be in the mid 80s, then look for upper 80s tomorrow with highs approaching 90 Friday through the weekend.
Another feature of our current pattern is the potential for big complexes of storms, called MCS's, to develop over the Midwest and drop southeastward in our direction. This will be a possibility, especially Friday and the weekend. As I am typing this morning, there is a big MCS impacting Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and we have to be wary of one of those dropping in bring a windy band of storms racing through.

Here is a radar snapshot of this morning's activity in the Midwest....

It appears there is at least some chance of slightly cooler, drier air briefly settling in here early next work week.

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