Stray storms and rain chances Monday in North Carolina, May 4 update
Stray storms and rain chances Monday in North Carolina, May 4 update
WEATHER, SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME 80S OVER THE LAST WEEK, BUT NOW WE’RE KIND OF ROLLING INTO MAY AND MORE MAY LIKE TEMPERATURES EVEN FOR MOTHER’S DAY. WE’RE LOOKING AT QUICK AHEAD HERE AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY. IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY COMFORTABLE. I’M HOPEFUL THAT WE DON’T HAVE TOO MUCH UNSETTLED WEATHER, BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE’LL HAVE THAT PATTERN THAT BRINGING THOSE MAY FLOWERS ALSO MIGHT INCLUDE SOME SHOWERS. YOU KNOW, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE SHOWER CHANCES AS WE GO THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. BUT FOR NOW, WE’RE OPTIMISTIC THAT MAYBE JUST AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM WILL BE WITH US BY NEXT SUNDAY. FOR THIS SUNDAY, HOWEVER, LOOK AT THAT UPPER LOW. WE’VE GOT THIS ONE JUST SPINNING AND SITTING WITH US STILL, ALTHOUGH IT WILL EXIT TOMORROW, IT CONTINUES TO BRING IN SHOWERS AND STORMS RIGHT AT OUR COAST AROUND ATLANTIC BEACH. AS WE GO UP THROUGH HATTERAS AND THEN BACK OVER INTO TENNESSEE AND PARTS OF KENTUCKY. AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A DONUT RIGHT NOW. IT’S GOING TO SPIN OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. THIS DOES GIVE US A CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER, POSSIBLY A PASSING THUNDERSTORM, MAINLY IN THE EASTERN TRIAD. 1 OR 2 SHOWERS MAY START TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FOR FOLKS IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD, WITH 66 DEGREES, THOUGH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS UP ALONG THE RIDGES. SO WE’VE GOT THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY CLOSER TO WHERE THAT LOW IS STARTING TO SCOOT OUT, AND WE MAY SEE SOME OF THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS. YOUR TEMPERATURES CHILLY AT 48 DEGREES IN THE FOOTHILLS FOR MOUNT AIRY AND NORTH WILKESBORO. A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGHS AT 75 DEGREES. WE DO MIX IN SOME GOOD SUNSHINE, ESPECIALLY EARLY PART OF THE DAY. THEN AROUND LUNCHTIME WE MIGHT START TO SEE SOME HEAVIER CLOUDS. AND EVEN IF YOU DON’T SEE A STRAY SHOWER OR STORM, YOU MIGHT SEE THOSE HEAVY, THICK CLOUDS START TO ROLL IN AND LOOK AS IF THEY COULD DROP SOME SPRINKLES TO LIGHT SHOWERS SO QUICKLY PASSING THROUGH. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE GUSTY AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AS THIS LOW EXITS. WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES AT 74 RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE HIGHS FROM YOUR SUNDAY TO 76. IN BURLINGTON, SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON YOUR MONDAY AND BREEZY AT TIMES. AS WE MENTIONED, 60 DEGREES IN GREENSBORO, 53 IN KERNERSVILLE, 57 IN KING RIGHT NOW, AND CINCO DE MAYO IS YOUR MONDAY. YEAH. WHAT A NICE DAY TO CELEBRATE. WE’VE GOT SUNSHINE OUT THERE WITH 76 DEGREES. A STRAY STORM IS POSSIBLE, BUT A PLEASANT EVENING ON THE WAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. AND HERE’S THAT HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST. YOU CAN SEE THERE MONDAY STARTS OFF WITH SOME SUNSHINE. THE CLOUDS START TO FILL IN BETWEEN NOON TWO AND 3:00. SOME POP UP SHOWERS POSSIBLE, MAINLY AS THAT MOISTURE IS LIFTING AWAY AND THAT LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN AND TRY TO DRAW IN A BIT OF MOISTURE. HERE. ALSO UP THROUGH SPARTA, JEFFERSON, BOONE, LANSING AREA, WE MAY SEE TEMPERATURES HOVER IN THE 50S. IF YOUR RAIN COOLED, BUT LIKELY CLEARING AS WE HEAD INTO THE DINNER HOUR AND TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID AND UPPER 70S START TO COOL BY 7:00 ON YOUR MONDAY BACK INTO THE 70 OR IN THE 60S, LATE EVENING AND DOWN INTO THE 40S AND 50S FOR YOUR TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER GORGEOUS AFTERNOON. SO REALLY, THE NEXT FEW DAYS FEEL MAY LIKE AND WE HOLD ON TO THE SUNSHINE. IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE WAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NOW WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT COULD REALLY BRING IN SOME ACTIVE WEATHER FOR US. YOU NOTICE WEDNESDAY 76 DEGREES, BUT 79 DEGREES ON YOUR THURSDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND THIS IS WHERE WE COULD SEE SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER START. COLD FRONT ROLLS THROUGH, BUT LIMITED MOISTURE. IT LOOKS LIKE. I JUST DON’T THINK THAT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE GOING TO BRING US A LOT OF RAIN. BUT IF WE DO, SOME OF THE FORECAST MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE COUD SEE SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES WITH THE LOW 70 ON YOUR FRIDAY AND SHOWER CHANCES TRYING TO BUILD HERE AS THAT COLD FRONT SAGS TO THE SOUTH ON FRIDAY AND MAY GET STUCK ALONG THE COAST AND WRAP IN SOME OF THAT MOISTURE FOR US. SO THAT’S WHAT WE’RE COUNTING ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. I’VE GOT RAIN CHANCES A LITTLE LOWER THAN FORECAST MODELS AT THE MOMENT. I DO THINK THAT THERE’S A CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE SOME ACTIVE WEATHER AT THE COAST, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER WE GET THAT LOW. REALLY SETTING UP FOR YOU. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR THAT. AND THAT’S REALLY THE CHALLENGE. STRAY THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH, ON YOUR SATURDAY AND YOUR SUNDAY FOR MOTHER’S DAY DOES LOOK ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. SO LOOKING GOOD WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 75 DEGREES. I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS WEEK. AND EVENTUALLY WE’LL GET SOME MORE RAIN THAT WE MAY
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Stray storms and rain chances Monday in North Carolina, May 4 update
A pleasantly cool morning may be followed by periods of sunshine and late-day stray showers and isolated storms. Rain chances remain higher along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the western Foothills on Monday afternoon, but a few stray storms may form over the eastern Piedmont Triad. Overall, drier and breezy conditions are likely in the Triad as the area of low pressure moves away on Monday.Related Stories
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A pleasantly cool morning may be followed by periods of sunshine and late-day stray showers and isolated storms.
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Rain chances remain higher along the Blue Ridge Parkway and the western Foothills on Monday afternoon, but a few stray storms may form over the eastern Piedmont Triad.
Overall, drier and breezy conditions are likely in the Triad as the area of low pressure moves away on Monday.