We've been promising you a nice Memorial Day weekend, and it's coming ... but we'll have a bit of a rough ride over the next 24 hours.
A frontal system is moving eastward toward the Carolinas on Thursday, and it will be close enough by tonight to bring showers and thunderstorms into the area. It looks now as if the front will remain close enough to the Charlotte region to keep the stormy weather going for much of Friday.
But clearing is still expected Saturday morning, and the rest of the weekend looks good.
There might be a few isolated thunderstorms Saturday afternoon in the Piedmont and foothills, but otherwise, there'll be dry weather through Monday -- after we get through tonight and Friday. Temperatures will fall a bit Friday, amid the clouds and precipitation, but there'll be a quick recovery afterwards.
By Memorial Day, we'll be back to 90 degrees again. And mid 90s loom for next week.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect Thursday afternoon and evening over parts of Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia, and the severe weather could move into the extreme western Carolinas today.
But forecasters say it'll be overnight before precipitation gets to Charlotte. The thunderstorm activity likely will diminish overnight but re-fire Friday.
We'll stay on top of this with updates as needed.
Right now, it appears as if it'll be dry and warm tonight for the Pole Night festivities at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
A dark and stormy night ... then improvement
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7 comments:
OMG Mr. Hype - we may get a thundershower Friday. And all of us little children are scared of the dark too. Jeez....
What about that was "hype"? It said there might be a thunderstorm. It didn't say that it was going to be a massive, world-ending storm.
After Joplin you should at least be aware that weather can be dangerous.
Typical guessing game by the weather gurus.
Anon. 4:16,
Would you rather no one tried to predict weather? Are you able to better predict than professional meteorologists?
Hey, weather guy, is this going to be another relentless 92 degrees every freakin' day until late September type of Summer again like last year? Grrrr....
You can get more info and better updates straight from the source: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Just click on our region for a forecast.
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