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It will be another hot day on Friday with temperatures reaching into the upper 80s, before a chance of thunderstorms arrives. Much of central North Carolina is under a Level 1 (out of 5) risk for storms.

Level 1 risk: âï¸ Storms possible Friday afternoon, evening to start an active weather weekend

<p>I'm meteorologist Amy Wyth in the WRELs Severe Weather Center tracking rain and storm chances for the upcoming weekend, and it's all thanks to this next weather maker, which is a frontal system. It's headed in our direction. Notice that there are some storms already over parts of western North Carolina, and some of those storms could migrate into our area late this evening. We do have a level 1 out of 5 severe risk for this evening. It's going to be pop-ups, showers, and storms, just hit and miss storms. Not everybody gets them, but the ones that form could have some strong winds and maybe some small. Hail. We have a 30% chance for a shower or storm this evening, so if you're headed out and about, it might be best just to grab the umbrella so you don't get caught in one of the downpours. But again, some of you are going to stay dry. And then we have a weather alert day through the weekend. The latest trends. Saturday is really looking dry for a good part of the day. It's really not until late in the evening. That we start to see some storms in the extreme western parts of the viewing area. So west of US1 has the best chance for storms late Saturday evening. The rain will really fill in Saturday night into Sunday. Now Sunday is trending drier. It looks like the best chance for rain will be the first half of the day. On Saturday, we have an area of high pressure, a Bermuda high just off the coast, keeping the eastern half of North Carolina dry. And then as we head into Sunday, we have a dry slot that's going to move in after the morning, and that could limit our rain amounts the second half of the day. This is new information though we do have a new risk for severe storms on Saturday. Our eastern counties were dropped from the level 1 risk. The triangle is still under a level 1 risk, and then just to the west of us in the triad area, we have a 2 risk for severe storms. On Sunday, the severe risk is over southern parts of our state, and then on Sunday we have a flood risk. We have a low end flood risk in the area shaded in green. So here's a look at Futurecast. We'll take you through the rest of the day today. Just some hit and miss storms this evening. Not everybody gets the rain, and then Saturday in the morning, maybe a Stray shower or two as we head into the second half of the day. Storms possible in the western part of our area, and then the rain really fills in overnight Saturday and Sunday morning. We'll have widespread rain and then by the time we get to the afternoon, that dry slot moves in and it will limit our rain chances the second half of the day and the best rain chances will be over the eastern half of the area.</p>

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