WATCH: Isolated Storms Saturday, Severe Storm Risk Sunday (2024)

LET’S SEND THINGS OFF TO METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE KENNEDY WITH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN THE COMING DAYS. YEAH, THE HEAT IS STILL WITH US. UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE BACK TO THE STEAMY WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND AS WELL. AND TODAY WE DIDN’T HAVE QUITE THE HUMIDITY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HAD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT WE’RE STILL IN THE 90S. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID MAKE IT TO 91 DEGREES TODAY IN WINSTON-SALEM. IT’S STILL BETTER THAN 96 THAT WE HAD THE OTHER DAY, RIGHT? WE’LL TAKE THAT ANYTIME. WE’VE GOT 89 DEGREES IN EDEN, 86, MOUNT AIRY, AND YOU FEEL A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER THANKS TO THE HIGH HUMIDITY. HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS HEADING INTO OUR WEEKEND FOR THE MOUNTAINS, YOU HAVE AN IMPACT DAY. ALSO ON SUNDAY, AS WELL AS THE FOOTHILLS AND THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. WE’RE ALL IN THE 90S, IT LOOKS LIKE FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, YOU MAY HAVE A FEW MORE CLOUDS TO KEEP YOUR TEMPERATURES DOWN. JUST A TOUCH HERE YOU GO. WITH THE HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST. YOU SEE THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS? WE MIGHT GET 1 OR 2 GOING IN THE FOOTHILLS, NORTHERN PIEDMONT. SO STUART, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AREAS LIKE LAWSONVILLE, REIDSVILLE, THESE AREAS HERE COULD SEE A SHOWER OR TWO BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THAT KEEPS US IN THE CLOUDS. BUT IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE HEAT DOWN. IT LOOKS LIKE WE’LL GET A BIT OF SUNSHINE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, AND THAT COULD SPARK A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. A LITTLE BIT BETTER RAIN. CHANCE FOR FOLKS IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. AND HERE COMES A SHOWER. CHANCES FOR SUNDAY MORNING. IT LOOKS LIKE WE’LL HAVE A FEW PATCHY SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE TO HEAT THINGS UP, AND THAT’S WHERE WE GET THE THUNDERSTORMS. SO WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. BUT 68 DEGREES IN THE MOUNTAINS TOMORROW. SOME SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED STORM. UPPER 70S FOR YOU. TEMPERATURES FROM 72 IN THE FOOTHILLS TO NEAR 86 TO THOSE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE LOW 90S. SO THE HUMIDITY STAYS. YOU’RE AT 74, IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD WITH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 90 DEGREES, AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT THOSE SUNSHINE CONDITIONS TOO, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE’D EXPECT TO SEE BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. SO THAT’S BECAUSE WE’VE GOT THAT FRONT THAT IS APPROACHING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES FOR SUNDAY. IT DOES INCREASE OUR RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IT’S A MARGINAL RISK, BUT IT BRINGS IN SOME SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY IF WE GET ENOUGH CLOUD COVER, KEEP US FROM SEEING TOO MUCH DESTABILIZATION. BUT WE’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF SHEAR GOING ON. SO THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO SEE SOME DAMAGING WIND THREATS. IT’S A MARGINAL RISK LEVEL ONE. IT MEANS 1 OR 2 STORMS AND NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE THE RAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BIT BETTER COVERAGE THAN WHAT WE’VE HAD PREVIOUSLY, BUT STILL A CONCERN. ALL RIGHT, TALKING ABOUT TROPICAL INFLUENCES, WE’VE BEEN MONITORING WHAT WAS INVEST 95. IT’S BECOME TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO. THIS AFTERNOON. IT’S FINALLY SHOWING BETTER SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION LIKELY BECOMING BERYL LATER TONIGHT. AND THEN A CATEGORY ONE STORM POTENTIALLY AS WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND YOU SEE THE MODEL FORECAST STILL TAKING THAT OUT INTO THE CARIBBEAN AND THEN EVENTUALLY POSSIBLY THE GULF OF MEXICO A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW LONG THE SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN. WE’RE LOOKING MOVEMENT AT WEST AT ABOUT 17 MILES AN HOUR RIGHT NOW WITH THE STORM. TROPICAL STORM BY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, IF NOT SOONER. AND THEN WE’VE GOT YET A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE BY SUNDAY AROUND 7:00. AND THEN FOR A CATEGORY TWO STORM, STRENGTHENING AS IT’S PASSING JUST OVER THE WINDWARD ISLANDS, IT APPEARS AND NORTH OF THE ABC ISLANDS. SO WE’LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT WEEK. SO IT WILL BE A LONG SYSTEM. WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT. WE ALSO HAVE THIS SYSTEM THAT’S STILL ONLY AN INVEST A 94 ALLEN AREA THAT THE METEOROLOGISTS OF THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ARE INVESTIGATING RIGHT NOW. WE SEE THIS POTENTIALLY BECOMING A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT STILL RUNNING AT 30%. ALL RIGHT, HERE’S YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. YOU’VE GOT LOW 90S IMPACT DAY ON SUNDAY, 85 ON MONDAY. NICEST DAY I THINK FOR NEXT WEEK. MAYBE TUESDAY AT 86 DEGREES LESS HUMIDITY. WE’RE BACK TO HUMIDITY WEDNESDAY AND THOSE SHOWER CHANCES FOR YOUR INDEPENDENCE DAY ARE BACK AT 20%. WOULDN’T BE JULY 4TH. I THINK WITHOUT A STORM CHANCE AND HOT 90S MAY FEEL MORE LIKE THE LOWER ONE. HUNDREDS BY THEN. SO WE’LL BE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE HEAT INDEX AND ENJOYING A NICE HOT SUMMER STRETCH AS WE START OFF JULY. CAN’T BE