Big warm up arrives mid-week

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Quiet conditions are expected across the state tonight with nothing more than fair-weather clouds moving through. Lows will drop into the 40s.

Monday will be a pleasant start to the week. Expect a mostly sunny sky with highs in the middle to upper 80s. Upper-level high pressure will begin to move toward us tomorrow, setting the stage for a major warmup during the mid-week across the Triangle.

As high pressure shifts further south and east into Tuesday, sunny skies will continue but winds will turn back out of the south, allowing muggy weather to return by late-Tuesday onward. Highs will reach into the mid 80s and it keeps getting warmer into Wednesday.

As a front approaches, and south winds increase, highs on Wednesday will rise to around 90 degrees. This could tie, or even break the daily record of 90 degrees set back in 1906. Clouds will begin to increase with the front approaching, and it keeps getting muggier. The front looks to get hung up north of here, in Virginia, on Wednesday. Most rain or storms will stay up there as a result.

Thursday looks almost as warm with highs still in the upper 80s. A late-day storm is possible. Friday is still well into the 80s, but afternoon and evening showers and storms are possible as a cold front finally enters the state.

It will be sunny, less humid, and cooler with highs in the 70s for next weekend.

Have a great week!
Cruz Medina