A hot two days ahead turns unsettled
Hot and muggy, the next two days turns stormier as the week wears on.
If you walked outside today and thought “wow, this feels like July” you may be onto something. An average summer pattern has overtaken the WCCB Charlotte viewing area with hot, muggy conditions combined with pop up afternoon storms. We will see slightly warmer temperatures on Sunday and Monday with highs around 95 in the Piedmont, and the low 80s in the High Country. That, combined with a muggy air mass, will lead to heat index values past 100 in the Piedmont, so stay hydrated! In typical fashion, rain chances will remain the highest in the High Country, around 40% for Sunday. Models are pretty excited about higher rain chances with a quick line of storms south of I-85 in the Piedmont for Sunday afternoon, while staying pretty dry north of there. Monday we do it all again with the highest rain chances in the High Country, around 40%, and a respectable 30% throughout the Piedmont.
By Tuesday, the pattern turns more unsettled with increasing rain chances, and average temperatures across the area. That means highs around 90 in the Piedmont, and near 80 in the High Country. This is thanks to multiple rounds of weak mid-level energy helping to enhance lift across the region.
We do have a new area to watch in the tropics with a 20% chance of development in the eastern Gulf by early this week. Luckily, this looks to move west and doesn’t look to impact our weather in any significant way over the next 7 days.
Tonight: Clearing. Low: 72°. Wind: Calm.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 96°. Wind: Calm
Sunday Night: Isolated T-Storm then clearing. Low: 74°. Wind: Calm
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 95°. Wind calm
