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Patrick's First Warning Forecast: Higher rain chances and lower temperatures

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Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey’s First Warning Forecast

Here’s some good news: the worst of the hot weather is behind us!

The bad news: it is still going to be muggy, and we have a good chance for showers and thunderstorms this weekend.

But, we do need rain. So far at Norfolk international airport, we have not received a drop for the month of September.

And much of our region is considered abnormally dry, with drought conditions across much of the Albemarle of North Carolina.

Our rain chances will be going up just as our temperatures go down.

Friday will still be a hot one, with high temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s and just a 25% chance for a stray shower or thunderstorm.

The weekend will not be a washout, but we do expect about a 40% chance for showers and thunderstorms both Saturday and Sunday.

Any storms that do form could produce some heavy downpours. There will still be plenty of moisture in the air. Plus, the cold front that sparks the storms will be a slow mover. That means any storms that form along the front will also move slowly.

Saturday is looking like the warmer day, with high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 80s under partly cloudy skies.

As a cold front slowly works its way across our region, expect low-to-mid 80s for high temperatures on Sunday.

The lower temperatures and the higher rain chances continue for the work week.

On Monday and Tuesday it looks like we will top out in the mid 80s with about a 25% chance for showers and thunderstorms. Stay tuned!