Dank & Damp Weekend Ahead

We’ve reached the first day of the final month of the year. Ironically, December’s first weekend will be markedly warmer than November’s last week despite widespread cloud coverage and shower chances. We have a slow-moving, moisture-laden area of low pressure to thank for the incoming soggy weekend. Rain chances will pick up from west to east this Friday afternoon, but anything we see will be light. That said, slick roads may be a problem for your evening commute. Precipitation may even start as sleet and snow in the High Country before transitioning to all rain. Don’t be shocked if a few sleet pellets mix with the rain at first northwest of the Metro early today. Highs will top out in the 40s, 50s, and 60s this weekend.

Our best chance for significant rainfall arrives on Saturday as the system’s center approaches. Showers will become less numerous throughout the day on Sunday before drier air crashes in behind the front by the evening. Totals should lie between a half-inch and an inch-and-a-half for most communities across the WCCB Charlotte viewing area through the weekend. Sunshine and near-average temperatures in the 50s greet us to kick off December’s first workweek in the Piedmont and Foothills. An incoming trough will bring cooler air from the northwest by midweek, but the only precipitation we’ll see in our area comes in the form of snow showers in the High Country on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Today: Cloudy with scattered showers. High: 55°. Wind: S 5-10.

Tonight: Overcast with a stray shower. Low: 52°. Wind: SW 5-15.

Saturday: Gray and wet. High: 62°. Wind: SW 5-10.

Saturday Night: Widespread rain early, becoming less numerous overnight. Low: 59°. Wind: SW 5-10.

Sunday: Clouds and rain early, then some clearing. High: 66°. Wind: SW 10-20. Gusts: 25+