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Friday will likely be the driest day of the weekend. Saturday could bring heat index values in the upper 90s and showers, prompting a WRAL Weather Alert Day. 


Weekend starts hot and dry, but storm chances launch WRAL Weather Alert Day

<p>Hi everyone. Meteorologist Anthony Baglione here with our forecast as we head through the rest of our Friday through the weekend. Many storm chances in the forecast here to talk about. At this point though, most of today is looking pretty quiet. Monday looks quiet, and then just about every other day, we're looking at some decent storm chances. We go to close to 90 today, about 89 is where I have us this afternoon for a high temperature. Lots of sunshine, a few clouds mixed in, it should be a decent forecast overall. So if you're doing anything today, really no big worries. Here's Futurecast. So, we go through the rest of today, the cloud cover kind of with us off and on, but for the majority of us, it starts to clear out. We're looking great for the evening commute, and there may be a spotty shower or thunderstorm for some of our western counties this evening. Most of us are totally fine and are totally gonna be quiet, but that potential is there. Early tomorrow morning, there may be a quick shower, but the majority of us again are quiet up until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. We start to see some showers and thunderstorms bubbling up during the second half of the day through the evening, through tomorrow night. Sunday morning looks pretty quiet, and then some more storm chances into Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. We're at 90 degrees tomorrow, 88 on Sunday. We could see some strong storm chances each day. Here's the latest update from the storm Prediction Center. The entire state of North Carolina is under that level 2 risk tomorrow. The timing would be from about 2 to 9 p.m. for some gusty wind and some small hail, and then for Sunday, very similar story, that risk is just trimmed a little bit for some of our western areas in the state, but otherwise during the afternoon and evening, we could still see some storms. Looking at temperatures the next couple days, upper 80s, low 90s, Tuesday, more storm chances. Wednesday, more storm chances. We get a brief break from that heat on Tuesday, Wednesday. Humidity though will no doubt be with us all the way through our forecast here over at least the next 7 days. If you are headed out and about this weekend, I want to emphasize there will still be some dry time. But no matter what you're doing, just make sure to stay weather aware in the afternoon and evening, that time period holds the best chance for some showers and thunderstorms bubbling up, and again, they could be on the strong side.</p>

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) â Russia bombarded six regions of Ukraine in one of its largest aerial attacks of the three-year war, Ukrainian officials said Friday. The nighttime assault lasted for hours and killed three emergency responders in the capital Kyiv as well as another person in a northwestern city, according to authorities.

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