Steamy Sequence Survives, Scattered Storms Return
The summery weather continues through the weekend into the final full week of August.
Beautiful conditions settled back in over the Carolinas yesterday, and while more storms return to the forecast for the back half of the week, calmer weather should prevail overall. Expect scattered storms to build in during the afternoon and evening hours on Friday, as temperatures cruise into the upper 70s in the mountains and near 90° everywhere else. Mainly sunny skies should kick off our last day of the workweek before storms arrive from the west. Rain chances return to isolated coverage for the weekend. Next week looks hot and mainly dry.
Meanwhile, in the tropics, former Hurricane Grace made landfall in the Yucatán Peninsula Thursday morning before weakening back into a tropical storm. Grace should re-emerge over warm waters in the Bay of Campeche and strengthen into a hurricane again before a second landfall over the southern Mexican mainland. Tropical Storm Henri may buzz the Carolina coast as a low-end hurricane, but the biggest risk posed to the two states is a stronger rip current at the beach. Henri will then set its sights on the Northeast before turning back out to sea.
Tonight: Storms clearing early, then partly cloudy. Low: 72°. Wind: Light.
Friday: Sunny start. Scattered storms later. High: 89°. Wind: NW 5-10.
Friday Night: Variable clouds. Mild and muggy. Low: 72°. Wind: Light.
Saturday: Mainly sunny. PM stray pop-up storms. High: 89°. Wind: NW 5-10.
