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Be prepared for scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day, especially in the western part of the area during the evening commute.

Possible damaging wind gusts and heavy rain: Level 1 risk for severe storms Thursday âï¸

<p>I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center, we have one final day of storm chances before we get a break. And that is coming Thursday hour by hour, it's only a 20% chance of rain midday, that chance about 30% during the afternoon. And by the evening, we'll see about a 50% chance of storms that's mainly between about four and eight or nine o'clock at night. The difference is we are under a level one threat for severe storms tomorrow. The reason why is because with the approaching cold front, we're going to see a little bit more wind shear and that's the ingredient needed for thunderstorms to organize and sometimes strengthen. The primary concern would be damaging winds though. These may be slow moving again. So we could see some localized flooding future casts starting out dry early in the morning as we get to lunch time, still quiet. But as the cold front gets closer, we see some scattered storms during the afternoon and evening hours. Not everybody is going to see rain though for Friday. And that's why we've got that chance at about 50% for Thursday evening Friday looks great. We've got a northwest wind behind this front. It ends up being a beautiful day with some drier air moving in. That's what that northwest wind will do. It will bring some drier air in. It cuts off our flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, Friday. Mostly sunny. Make outdoor plans. A perfect pool day. Maybe your local splash pad. If you don't have one, be around 70 at 8 a.m. by noon, 82. During the afternoon, we're in the mid eighties to upper eighties. It's still warm out, still pretty hot after all. It is June but much less humid. 85 Saturday with dry weather and 88 again on Sunday, our humidity drop is still coming, especially throughout the day. Friday and into Saturday. Saturday will feel the best of the weekend days and then it's tolerable. Sunday and Monday. So not all that bad as we get into next week. After all, it can be a lot hotter and a lot more humid this time of year across North Carolina 90 the high Thursday with scattered storms drying out Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there is a small 20% chance for rain, Sunday night and another small chance of Monday into Tuesday of next week. Next week, high temperatures should be in the eighties and the humidity really doesn't look that bad.</p>

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