Friday Storms

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Skies cleared out nicely today on a down sloping west to northwest wind. Skies will remain clear most of tonight as well. But as we head into Friday, mid and high levels clouds will move in fairly quickly as a cold front now in the Midwest makes steady eastward progress.

The front is a little slower than what the models had indicated earlier in the week, so we have added several degrees to tomorrow's maximum, pushing the expected high to the middle 80s.

The frontal passage tomorrow night is likely to trigger a few showers tomorrow afternoon and evening and a few spots will have an late day thunderstorm. While the rains may not be widespread or heavy, they will bring at least a little moisture for the topsoil. This has been a dry April so far with rainfall at the airport officially 0.66 of an inch. This compares to the month-to-date historical average of 2.00 inches.

Saturday will be a dry day (post frontal) as sunshine returns, but clouds are likely to build back in Sunday with rain to follow Sunday afternoon and at night. The storm bringing this rain will be passing by to our south but it generates a nice rain shield which will glide across a good portion of eastern North Carolina late this weekend. Its just a little early to say how much rain this storm is likely to generate, but half an inch seems like a good start at this point.

A little rain may linger into Monday morning, but clouds are likely to hang around much of the day. Dry, pleasant weather follows on Tuesday.

Have a Great Evening!

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