Weekend Storm Chances

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- It will remain warm and humid overnight. It will be another hot afternoon tomorrow, though not as hot as today. Lowering heights will lead to widely separated thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.

The better opportunity for widespread thunderstorms will come on Sunday as a cold front approaches from the north. Along with the cold front, lowering heights will continue as an upper-level trough is in place across the East. Energy aloft will rotate along the base of the trough, which will also help develop thunderstorms in an unstable air mass. Also, PWATs will be elevated, 2-2.2 inches. Thunderstorms can bring localized damaging wind gusts and flooding downpours. The timing as of now would be from the afternoon into the evening on Sunday.

The front washes out on Monday, but the trough remains across the East. We will also be watching moisture from the Gulf, as there can be an increase of tropical moisture early in the week. All of this will lead to additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms.

Another cold front will approach the region on Wednesday. This can bring another round of strong-to-severe thunderstorms that may produce damaging wind gusts. This will usher in lower humidity and afternoon high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s on Thursday.

Have a great weekend!

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