Wedge/CAD day Friday: Highs upper 50's per RAH:
A Marginal Risk of Severe storms in the SE zones, mainly from
Laurinburg to FAY to GSB Friday afternoon and early evening.
Widespread rain elsewhere Friday, with some locally heavy
rainfall
expected.
As the mid/
upper level short wave
trough pushes east across the
Appalachians, the low level surface wave (the remnants of Beta)
are expected get entrained into the
trough over the eastern TN
Valley, Southern Appalachians, and then pulled east across
NC
Friday afternoon. A coastal
front will try to retreat inland into
southeastern
NC during the morning, with widespread rain and some
isolated, elevated thunderstorms expected to be ongoing over western
and central
NC at daybreak. This rain and
isolated thunderstorm
action will work ENE across central
NC Friday. An in-situ
CAD event
is expected with strong
stability with the widespread rain and low
cloudiness over the Piedmont. Temperatures will
likely hold in the
60s (with upper 50s not out of the question in the NW Piedmont).
Highs near 75 in the SE zones will be possible.
The widespread rain/clouds will
likely keep the coastal/warm
front
from lifting too far into our region,
likely stalling along or just
SE of the Interstate 95 corridor during the afternoon and early
evening. This may limit the severe weather risks to our far SE
zones, and may end up even farther SE than the current Marginal Risk
for severe issued by
SPC. Regardless, as the
trough and remnants of
Beta sweep across the state, rain will be widespread Friday. There
is a chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the SE during the afternoon
and early evening.