Turn it back to your forecast.
Better get ready for rain this weekend.
You've been talking about it
for basically all evening long.
The question are we going to
see the sun at all? I would say
yes. OK, it's just going to be probably
mostly to partly cloudy when you see it, so
it won't feel as hot, right?
That's a nice little change. I'll take
that. I mean, you gotta take
the small victories where we
have a forecast like this,
especially on the weekend.
So both morning Saturday and
Sunday will be pretty dry.
It's really the afternoon and evening,
so we're really going to be watching those
higher rain chances now this evening.
That's not necessarily the case,
right? We had most of our.
Rain and storm just a few hours ago,
one of the reasons why
I see that front that's
off to the North and
West here of Charlotte.
Closer to the Tennessee border.
That cold front is really
going to drive most of
our moisture this weekend and then we
have this through of low pressure here
and we were kind of sandwiched between
the two. Adding to all of that instability
we saw earlier.
But now that that front is pretty much
moving its way through the Carolinas,
what it's going to do is stall.
So going from a cold front
to a stalled front,
and that's what's going to bring us
multiple rounds of not just rain,
but cloud cover off and on
throughout your Saturday and Sunday.
You know, I really want to drive home
the fact that it is not going to be a
washout by any stretch of the imagination.
You were not going to see
rain for the entire weekend,
but the morning time frame for
both Saturday and Sunday is
really going to be your best bet.
If you have outdoor plans you want
to get some of that yard work done,
maybe you've been putting off
because we have seen a decent
amount of rain in the past few days.
You want to cut down some of
those tree branches.
Anything like that,
a morning time frame will be
good both Saturday and Sunday.
Now because of rain,
both mornings will feature some patchy
fog to keep an eye out for that.
If you're going to be driving around early.
Now tomorrow showers and thunderstorms
will start to pop off around
about 3-4 o'clock,
but actually the heaviest rain,
especially across the Charlotte Metro,
looks to develop as we actually
approach about 7:00 and 8:00 PM.
We're going to be watching this
very closely because Charlotte FC
does have a home match at Bank of
America Stadium at 7:00 o'clock.
I know it can be confusing sometimes,
but do remember that even if there
are storms in the general vicinity
of Bank of America Stadium,
but maybe not right over the stadium,
if there's lightning within a certain radius,
they do, unfortunately.
Have to keep that in mind because of
the fact that lightning can strike
out so far from some of these storms.
So keep this in mind if you have plans.
Of course you want to make sure
you're staying weather aware and
have a safe place to be just in case
there are storms around now that does
look to wrap up by about midnight
and then again for Sunday morning.
We will mostly be dry then
just like Saturday,
rinse repeat showers and storms start
to pop off just after lunchtime
and actually Sunday's rain chances
look to be a little bit earlier
and a touch more widespread.
And because we'll have seen
so much rain on Saturday.
I actually think Sunday has a higher
potential for some flash flooding,
so we really want everyone to
keep that in mind.
But another thing,
just because we have the clouds
like Fred Vanessa are mentioning,
we still see some sun at times.
So even with the cloud cover it is
still going to be a higher UV index,
so you still need of course that sunscreen.
You still want to stay safe,
right from some of that sun.
Make sure you don't get burnt there.
And of course,
as we go throughout the afternoon,
we know Saturday is again
a big game seven o'clock.
There will be scattered storms around.
You want to have a poncho?
We're going to be in the stadium
if you plan on tailgating.
Probably an umbrella is a good thing to have
right as we are going to see those storms,
not just Saturday but into Sunday too.
So today's flash flooding threat was mainly
up toward the mountains and foothills.
Here we are tomorrow and again I mentioned
how Sunday will have a higher risk there.
That's just because of all the rain
will have already seen from really
a lot of this week and into today.
And of course Saturday and Sunday as well.
So this good reminders here, right?
When we have a flash flooding potential
six inches of fast moving water can
knock any human off their feet.
12 inches can actually move a car there.
Of course,
we've seen significant flooding in parts
there of Kentucky the last few days.
Unfortunately, folks have lost their lives,
so it is just a good reminder, right?
That any kind of moving water you don't
want to drive through flooded roadways.
And of course, remember turn around.
Don't drown so this weekend,
higher rain chances lower high temperatures
will only be in the upper 80s,
but we pretty much flip the script right?
And we bring back the heat and
lower those rain chances as we head
through the middle part of this week,
which of
course is the first full week of a new
month of August. We'll be right back.