North Carolina’s rain and severe storm chances are back, May 30 Update
North Carolina’s rain and severe storm chances are back, May 30 Update
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RAINING AND FEEL LIKE LATE MAY OR EARLY UNE? MICHELLE. IT HAD BETTER. I THINK WE’RE ALL GOING TO HEAD OUT OF THE WEATHER CENTER. IF IT DOESN’T, WE’VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT TO, YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO DRY OUT. AND WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW AND HIGH POINT EARLIER. BUT YOU LOOK AT THE SHOWERS AND THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE STILL SPINNING, UNFORTUNATELY, OFF TO OUR NORTH AND EAST, AND THIS IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR YOUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ONE MORE ROUND, WE THINK, BEFORE A NICE DRY STRETCH. STILL, THE DRY AIR HAS BEEN FILLING IN TONIGHT BEHIND THAT FRONT. SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK HERE. THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY JUST BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE. BUT WE STILL HAVE THE LOW TO GET THROUGH. AND IT COULD BRING SOME MORE RAIN. RAINFALL TOTALS MAINLY OVERNIGHT TO EARLY THIS MORNING. WE’RE AT ABOUT 7000/300 OF AN INCH IN MOUNT AIRY. WE HAD A COUPLE OF SHOWERS ROLL THROUGH TO THE PIEDMONT LEXINGTON, PICKING UP ALMOST AN INCH TODAY. HERE’S THAT FRONT. YOU CAN SEE IT MOVING SOUTH AND EAST, YOUR TEMPERATURES AT 60 DEGREES IN GREENSBORO, AS WELL AS KERNERSVILLE. AND I TELL YOU WHAT, THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE ON THE COOL SIDE AS WE GET YOU DOWN INTO THE 40S AND SOME SPOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS. BUT THE WINDS ARE NOW STARTING TO COME UP. SO 23 MILES AN HOUR IN JEFFERSON, 15 TO 20 OUT THERE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. NOW THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE GUSTY WINDS START TO PICK UP AS WELL. AS WE HEAD THROUGH MIDDLE OF THE MORNING, YOU’LL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE. 70 7:00 I SHOULD SAY AT 53 DEGREES WITH 67 DEGREES AROUND 10 A.M. WE’RE IN THE 70S. ONCE WE HIT NOON AND OUR IMPACT HOURS ARE FOR A SHORT TIME, MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING UP UNTIL ABOUT 6:00. SO IT DOES LOOK LIKE OUR BEST CHANCE FOR ANY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE AFTER 1:00 AND LASTING ONLY UP UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND THE FOOTHILLS UNDER THE SAME SITUATION. WE’VE GOT SOME 50S OUT THERE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. HIGHS IN THOSE LOW TO MID 70S, MOUNTAIN TEMPERATURES FROM THOSE LOW 50S AS WINDS START TO PICK UP, IT WILL HELP TO MIX THE AIR, KEEP YOU FROM COOLING TOO MUCH AND THEN THE STORM CHANCES RAMPING UP AFTER THE LUNCH HOUR WITH HANGING IN THERE UP UNTIL ABOUT 4 OR 5:00 WITH IMPACTS FOR YOU CONTINUING THROUGH LATE DAY. SO UPPER 60S ARE ON TAP. YOU’VE GOT THE SHOWERS, THE HOUR BY HOUR SHOWING YOU REALLY THE RAMP UP HAPPENS BETWEEN 2 AND 4. WE MIGHT GET A LITTLE LULL AROUND FIVE. THEN AT 6:00 THINGS COULD FIRE UP AGAIN. SO WE’LL BE WATCHING FOR THESE NORTHWESTERLY SOUTHEASTERLY MOVEMENTS WITH THE STORMS. BUT THEY’RE GOING TO BE PRETTY ISOLATED WHEN IT COMES TO SEVERE WEATHER. SO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF WE CAN GET THE STORMS GOING AND KEEP THEM GOING, WE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE STILL ISOLATED. NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE IT. WEATHER IMPACT DAY THOUGH. AS A RESULT, BECAUSE OF THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER PUTTING US UNDER THAT MARGINAL RISK. SO ISOLATED, STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAINLY AS WE MENTIONED, 1 TO 7:00 AND FROM WEST TO EAST, WE SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR. AND FOR THE MOUNTAINS, THAT MEANS YOUR STORM CHANCES SHOULD DROP OFF A LITTLE SOONER. BY LATE AFTERNOON. HERE ARE THE GUSTS TO. WE ALSO INCREASE THE WINDS AS WE PASS A COUPLE OF FRONTS HERE, AND THAT UPPER LOW FINALLY EXITS TO THE NORTH AND EAST. YOU’VE GOT GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR BY NOONTIME. POSSIBLE ALONG THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES, 25 TO 30 AROUND THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. AND THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SO JUST IN TIME FOR THE RACING FORECAST AND SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU’VE GOT TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S, MAYBE A PASSING SHOWER, BUT YOU WANT THOSE WINDBREAKERS IN THE STANDS. IT’S GOING TO BE ON THE COOLER SIDE WHEN WE START TO SEE THE SUNSET AND TEMPERATURES SIT IN THE 60S. WE’RE ALSO WATCHING THIS BIG DROP OF THE WILDFIRE SMOKE COMING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST. IT’S THAT NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. IT’S RIDING THIS CONVEYOR BELT HERE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING. UNFORTUNATELY, PARTICLE POLLUTION. SO IF YOU’RE SENSITIVE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE, YOU MAY WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR THAT AND CONSIDER REDUCING SOME OF YOUR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA OR ANY HEART CONDITIONS. AND THAT CONTINUES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. SO 33 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ON SATURDAY TO 19 ON SUNDAY. IT’S BREEZY, BUT THE WINDS START TO DIE DOWN JUST AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE DRY OUT. LOOK AT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WHAT A SENSATIONAL STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MUCH LESS HUMID. AND THEN BY THURSDAY WE NOTICE A CHANGE IN THE HUMIDITY AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE SUMMERLIKE. AND BY YOUR FRIDAY, WE’RE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISOLATED STO
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North Carolina’s rain and severe storm chances are back, May 30 Update
Most areas in North Carolina and Virginia will be under a marginal risk of severe weather on Saturday afternoon with the main threat of damaging wind gusts above 60 mph and large hail. By Sunday morning, a few more clouds may pass through, but conditions are expected to remain dry. Less humid air will be in place through Monday. Highs are expected to become hotter for the workweek in the Piedmont Triad as we kick off the first week of June.Related Weather Story
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Most areas in North Carolina and Virginia will be under a marginal risk of severe weather on Saturday afternoon with the main threat of damaging wind gusts above 60 mph and large hail.
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By Sunday morning, a few more clouds may pass through, but conditions are expected to remain dry. Less humid air will be in place through Monday. Highs are expected to become hotter for the workweek in the Piedmont Triad as we kick off the first week of June.
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