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Showers Mother's Day will be scattered. More widespread and heavy rain at times will be around Monday through Tuesday.

Mother's Day showers ahead of WRAL Weather Alert Days for Monday, Tuesday morning

<p>Happy Sunday and happy Mother's Day to all those celebrating today, looking at afternoon highs 70 to 75, with occasionally scattered showers, most of which will be light. But some heavier, more widespread rain Monday has prompted a flood watch from the National Weather Service, and therefore Monday into Tuesday morning, it's a WRAL weather alert day. 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected during that time frame. Any showers we see today, they'll mainly be scattered into the afternoon. Most of these would be light, although a downpour here or there can't be ruled out, especially south of I-40, where there's a little more instability. As we get closer to supper time, the coverage of showers will decrease. We'll see that break. Continuing into most of the overnight. And then after the peak morning commute hours on Monday is when we start to see scattered storms developing and you see those rounds of heavy rain that'll be moving through central North Carolina, off and on through Monday night and into Tuesday morning.</p>

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