Classic summertime pattern continues

The dog days of summer continue this Monday afternoon as we march into mid-July. Highs will likely crack 90° in the Queen City for an eighth-straight day, which would make for 25 of the past 26 days in the 90s. The only things holding temperatures back over the week ahead will be isolated-to-scattered pop-up thunderstorms; no significant rainmaker is in sight. Highs across the Piedmont and Foothills will soar into the mid-to-lower 90s over the next five days with no end to the heat in sight.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) continues to monitor a budding area of low pressure off the Southeastern U.S. coast for development. While the system is in a similar spot to where Tropical Storm Chantal was just barely over a week ago, it is forecast to slide to the southwest, bringing it over Florida and away from the Carolinas over the coming days. The NHC is giving this fledgling storm a 30% chance of becoming Tropical Storm Dexter over the next seven days as it emerges over the Gulf by midweek.

Monday: Mostly sunny with PM scattered storms. High: 94°. Wind: Light.

Monday Night: A few storms early, then mostly cloudy. Patchy fog late. Low: 74°. Wind: Light.

Tuesday: AM fog, then partly sunny with PM scattered storms. High: 91°. Wind: SE 5-10.

Tuesday Night: Scattered storms early, then mostly cloudy. Low: 72°. Wind: S 5-10.

Wednesday: Variable clouds with isolated storms later in the day . High: 93°. Wind: SW 5-10.