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Memorial Day is a WRAL Weather Alert Day, with nearly the entire state under Level 2 risk for severe storms.

WRAL Weather Alert Day: Storms possible at 'any point' today, Level 2 risk for isolated tornadoes, hail

I'm meteorologist, Brian Schrader in the WRL severe weather center with an afternoon update on our WRL weather alert day. We're still watching that radar and expecting some showers and thunderstorms likely to start evolving as we head into the afternoon and evening hours, damaging winds, large hail, maybe even an isolated tornado, especially east of the triangle along and east of the I 95 corridor. All of those hazards are on the table later today with these storms and it includes the entire wro viewing area that map you see there, all of the yellow that is a level two of five risk for severe weather. The storm prediction center believes it will likely have scattered severe thunderstorms as we head through the afternoon and evening if we can get those thunderstorms to begin to develop and the models are struggling with this just to be totally transparent with. You. Take a look at this version of future cast which has some activity moving into the western counties of our viewing area around three or four this afternoon and then it has kind of a broken line moving through the triangle area, maybe around five or six heading into the sand hills and on to the south as we head toward eight or nine o'clock, that's one version of future cast. And with any of those cells that pop up, we could see them become severe. Here's another version of future cast which keeps us in a little more cloud cover. It has some activity moving through the sand hills in the mid-afternoon. And then in the late afternoon you see some more activity maybe from the triangle area up toward the north and then it all clears out of here by five or six o'clock tonight. So the models are really having a tough time figuring this one out. Not an easy forecast, but I'm gonna say conservatively, the best chance of seeing severe thunderstorms today will be between around two o'clock this afternoon to maybe eight or nine o'clock tonight. Just need to be weather aware, be prepared for some severe weather. Uh, because of the cloud cover. I did drop the high temperature just a little bit for today. Instead of 90 degrees, we'll call it 86 degrees. Once these storms are out of here, the cold front comes through later tonight and we're looking good for the rest of the week with dry weather cooler and temperatures only around 80 degrees by the end of the week.

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