Turning hotter with less storm chances to end the week

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- First Alert: As storm coverage becomes more isolated, temperatures will rise back to the 90s.

Isolated showers/storms remain possible this evening. Overnight, areas of fog may develop, otherwise it will be partly cloudy with lows in the 70s.

Starting Thursday, highs climb back into the 90s. Isolated late-afternoon/evening storms will once again be possible.

Highs this weekend will be in the low 90s with partly cloudy skies. Sunday will feature an isolated storm chance in the afternoon.

Early next week, highs will rise into the mid 90s. With dew points in the 70s, it is possible that feels-like temperatures will exceed 100.

Recent rain may not feel welcome after the past month's wet weather, but it will continue to help alleviate the ongoing drought. Much of the state remains in some level of drought. Much of the extreme drought and nearly all of the exceptional drought have been erased thanks to July's near-record rainfall. As a reminder, RDU recorded its second-wettest July on record with 12.16 inches of rain, with the 95-year-old record of 12.36 inches set in 1931 able to hang on by a thread!

No tropical development is expected in the next 7 days.

Have a great night!
Cruz Medina