50/50 Weekend Ahead

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Temperatures and dewpoints today are lower than yesterday. While the temperature trend will continue into tomorrow, the dewpoints will reverse course as an area of low pressure moves from east of South Carolina tonight to just offshore of the Outer Banks by midday tomorrow. The Triangle will be right on the edge of the soaking rain, but all modeling has continued to trend toward the Euro which began to depict a farther south and east solution with the 12Z run yesterday. In fact, the latest Canadian and Euro do not even have a tenth of an inch. The "wet" GFS is just over one-quarter of an inch. Places just to our west may get little to nothing. All of this spells little drought relief and the statement for tomorrow was modified. Even farther east where more rain will fall, it will provide only temporary help. Regardless, it will be a chilly day with a cloudy sky and a north-northeasterly wind.

The return of sunshine will boost temperatures on Sunday and then southwesterly flow will get temperatures back to around the historical average on Monday and then just above that on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The front is depicted to come through on Thursday per current modeling. With a cold front moving into an unstable airmass, the risk of severe weather will need to be monitored as Thursday draws closer. Unfortunately, an early look at rainfall is for a half-inch or less and the Canadian even depicts a dry frontal passage. Behind the front, there will be a bit of a drop in temperatures and a much more notable drop in dewpoints on Friday from the lower 60s on Thursday down into the 30s on Friday.

Have a great weekend!

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