Toasty temps continue

Summer has certainly taken control of this mid-May weekend, and we can expect more of the same as we move into the penultimate week of the month. Highs will swell into the mid-80s across the Piedmont and Foothills over the next two afternoons as rain chances bottom out near 0%. Our next chance for rain arrives by Monday evening as a now-stalled front over the northern Gulf slowly retreats northward, but most communities remain dry through the first day of the workweek. More significant rain chances arrive by Tuesday evening as a robust rainmaking system dives toward the Carolinas from the northwest; we’ll have to stay weather-wise for scattered strong storms into Wednesday morning.

Despite the clouds and the rain, highs should remain above 80º around the Metro through the first half of the coming week. However, a big-time pattern change lurks behind and showers and storms that linger through Wednesday. Much cooler and drier air will filter in from the north by the end of the week, setting us up with 60s and 70s across the board on Thursday and Friday.

Tonight: Variable clouds becoming mostly cloudy overnight. Low: 65°. Wind: W 5-10.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy with some clearing later in the day. High: 85°. Wind: W 5-15. Gusts: 20+

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low: 63°. Wind: Light.

Monday: Variable clouds with a stray shower or storm. Remaining warm. High: 85°. SW 5-10.