Happy Friday! Our final day of the workweek is off to another chilly start, but highs are on the rise as we roll into the weekend. Temperatures should hang near 50Β° this afternoon across the Piedmont and Foothills, while the High Country struggles to clear the 30s. Warmer air will slide in from the southwest on Saturday as highs surge closer to 60Β° around the Metro, but the positive momentum in the mercury department won’t last long.
A sharp cold front will slice into the Carolinas from the northwest by Sunday morning. While the incoming front won’t bring much – if any – rain, it will leave a major cold snap in its wake. The Queen City may wake up on Sunday near 50Β°, but temperatures will fall throughout the day before bottoming out in the teens and single digits as we kick off the new workweek. Subzero wind chills are a strong possibility in the High Country as the coldest air many of us have seen since January 2024 settles in. The cold snap won’t last forever, though; temperatures will steadily build back near 60Β° in Charlotte by the end of next week. Outside of a few mountain snow showers on Friday and stray rain showers southeast of I-85 on Sunday, moisture will be hard to come by over the next 5-7 days.
Today: Cool sunshine. High: 50Β°. Wind: S 5-10.
Tonight: Variable clouds. Cold. Low: 32Β°. Wind: Light.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. Warmer. High: 60Β°. Wind: SW 5-10.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Milder with a stray shower late. Low: 44Β°. Wind: SW 5-15.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. Brisk and breezy with temperatures falling throughout the day. High: 48Β°. Wind: NW 10-20. Gusts: 25+
