Calm start to the week Monday before temps climb and storms return
We'll have a calm start to the week, but we could see showers and storms return to kick off Memorial Day weekend.
Posted — UpdatedTonight, we'll see lows in the upper 50s and lower 60s. It will be partly cloudy at the bus stop in the morning.
After a muggy and wet weekend, it should turn less humid and morning lows will fall into the 50s for Monday and Tuesday.
- Monday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine in the morning with more clouds for later in the day. High 77.
- Tuesday: Partly Cloudy. 20% chance of precipitation. Highs in the low 80s.
- Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. Highs in the mid 80s.
Warming week before storms return
We'll see temperatures gradually warm as we move through the week.
The highs the stay in the 80s until Thursday, when we could see highs in the 90s. Humidity will be tolerable, while it will feel quite humid on Thursday and Friday.
The week will stay dry, with little to no chance for rain, but storms could return Friday and into Memorial Day weekend,
On Memorial Day, we could see a 50% chance of storms, but the weekend wont be a complete washout.
"As it looks now, we would not be talking about washout conditions but, rather, scattered coverage each day," WRAL meteorologist Anthony Baglione said.
7-day forecast for central NC
- Sunday night: Partly cloudy, lows in the upper 50s and lower 60s.
- Monday: Partly Cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
- Tuesday: Partly Cloudy. 20% chance of precipitation. Highs in the low 80s.
- Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. Highs in the mid 80s.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny skies. Highs between the high 80s and low 90s.
- Friday: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. High around 86.
- Saturday: 40% chance for rain and storms. High of 84.
- Sunday: A few showers and storms possible. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
Prepare for a busy 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
The number of named storms is significantly higher than the long-term average and moderately higher than recent 30-year averages, according to Lian Xie, professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at N.C. State.
In 2024, N.C. State researchers predict:
- 15-20 named storms
- 10 to 12 may grow strong enough to become hurricanes (the historical average is six)
- Three to four becoming major hurricanes
Meanwhile, forecasters at Colorado State University are calling for 24 named storms in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. That is higher than the average year, when 14 storms earn a name.
CSU forecasters say 11 storms will reach hurricane strength, up from the average of seven, and five of those hurricanes could be "major," that is Category 3, 4 or 5, with winds over 111 mph.
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