Take your umbrella with you Monday morning. There’s a level 3 risk of severe weather in the forecast across central North Carolina. For now, the storms could move through during the afternoon commute.
Timeline
It will be mostly cloudy, warm and breezy for most of the day. During the afternoon, there could be a decent amount of sunshine ahead of a cold front. Monday’s high could reach 80 degrees.
Thunderstorms will arrive in the afternoon and evening. According to ABC11 meteorologists, the expected arrival of these storms is from 5 to 11 p.m.
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These storms could bring an isolated tornado. damaging wind gusts, downpours, flooding and hail.
Rain may continue overnight before moving offshore, followed by dry weather and high pressure on Tuesday. Highs will be back in the low 70s.
Looking Ahead
Wednesday will be the start of a very warm stretch. Highs will jump into the mid-70s then, but 80s will quickly follow.
Thursday and beyond will feature highs well into the 80s. There could be isolated storms around on some days with onshore flow and the high moisture, but coverage of any rain looks spotty at best.
By the end of the weekend, there are signs that another cold front could move in bringing a storms threat to end the weekend…