Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey’s First Warning Forecast
If you’re a fan of the crisp and cool, fall weather, that you typically expect in November, I’ve got bad news for you.
We’ve got a big warm-up on the way over the next few days. In fact, this weekend, some of us may even climb into the 80s!
Your Thursday will kick off with some areas of dense, patchy fog. But I don’t expect that it will be widespread or last very long.
In fact, the trend on Thursday is increasing amount of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. A little piece of energy, spinning in off of the Atlantic could bring a few showers in the afternoon, but mainly across eastern North Carolina.
Expect high temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s with a gusty Northeast wind.
The warming trend continues on Friday. We will end the work week under partly cloudy skies with high temperatures climbing into the mid 70s.
And things really heat up for the weekend, especially on Saturday when we expect to climb into the upper 70s and lower 80s.
We will enjoy plenty of sunshine on Saturday with increasing clouds on Sunday. But the second half of the weekend will still be very mild, with high temperatures in the mid 70s.
That increase in clouds continues on Monday, but we expect to stay dry for the start of the work week.
It looks like we won’t be so lucky for election day on Tuesday. A storm system rolling up the coast brings us a chance for showers and maybe even a few thunderstorms.
It’s still early, but right now, it looks like the rain will mainly move in in the afternoon and evening hours. So voting early in the day is a good idea. Stay tuned.
