Occasional Rain Showers Will Pelt Your Weekend.

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.  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 .50″ and 1.25″ 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.

Tonight: Overcast with a stray shower Not so Cold. Low: 53°. Wind: SW 5-15.

Saturday: Cloudy with Occasional Showers. High: 63°. 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+