Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for southern North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- First Alert Day Today until 9 p.m.: There is a Severe T-Storm Watch in the Sandhills today as a disturbance tracks along a cold front. Damaging winds and hail are the main concerns, but an isolated tornado will be possible. Isolated storms will be possible as far north as the Raleigh this evening, with a level 1 severe risk.

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A cool front shifting south across the Triangle will cause widely separated showers and thunderstorms, some with damaging winds hail later this afternoon, but mainly south and east of the the city of Raleigh. The best location for an early evening thunderstorm will be south and east of the Triangle.

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Cooler and less humid air will move into the area behind the front tonight providing mainly clear skies, then tomorrow will turn out quite pleasant with sunshine. Trailing high pressure will cross the Tennessee Valley tomorrow night and then build across the Appalachians on Sunday providing fail skies and cool readings at night followed by more sunshine and a comfortable afternoon on Mother's Day.

High pressure will cross the Triangle Sunday night and then shift off of the East Coast on Monday. Once again it will be fair and cool Sunday night and then sunshine will mix with some high clouds on Monday and it will be warmer and quite pleasant.

Looking to the west, an area of low pressure and a cool front will move into the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday and then across the Triangle Tuesday night and Wednesday. This will cause the humidity to increase with a south-southwesterly flow causing a few showers and thunderstorms Tuesday into Wednesday. It will dry out and turn less humid on Thursday with a return of sunshine as low pressure and the cool front move out to sea and there will only be a small chance of a lingering shower, but much of the time and area will be dry.

A new area of low pressure will approach from the west on Friday causing clouds and showers and thunderstorms to move back into the Triangle.

Have a great weekend!

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