Forecast Last Updated at Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 6:58AM

Not Bad for Dad

Father's Day turns out to be a pleasant finale to the weekend. In several ways today is a transition day as temperatures and humidity take another couple step northwards and plateau for the upcoming work week. A stray afternoon thundershower also suggests we've turned the corner towards a more unsettled future. Good coverage of mainly afternoon/evening showers and thundershowers starts tomorrow and locks in through at least Thursday.

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Sunday Hi: 80 Lo: 63 Becoming partly cloudy; Just an isolated PM shower or thundershower for Dad; Warmer; West wind 5-15 mph

Monday Hi: 81 Lo: 63 More cloudiness; Scattered PM showers & t-showers; Warm: SW wind 5-15 mph

Tuesday Hi: 80 Lo: 64 Partly to mostly cloudy; Scattered PM showers & t-showers; Warm; SW wind 5-15 mph

Wednesday Hi: 79 Lo: 64 Mostly cloudy; Scattered to widely scattered showers & t-showers

Thursday Hi: 79 Lo: 64 You guessed it... Mostly cloudy; Scattered PM showers and t-showers

Further Out

Friday - Partly cloudy; Isolated PM showers and t-showers; A notch warmer; High in the upper 70s; Low in the mid 60s
Saturday - Sunny and warm; High in the lower 80s; Low in the mid 60s

Forecast Discussion

The weather map looks very similar each day through the upcoming week. A ridge of high pressure resides in the western Atlantic pumping heat and humidity into the Southeast. Meanwhile, (in loose form) a stationary boundary stretches from Delmarva through the Ohio Valley and Upper Midwest. By Friday the western Atlantic ridge strengthens and shifts more towards the Gulf. As a result the stationary boundary lifts north towards the Great Lakes and lower New England next weekend.

All of that spells a stormy stretch of weather coming our way beginning Monday and persisting through Thursday. Expect a daily dose of scattered afternoon/evening showers and thundershowers. A few overnight thundershowers are possible each night as well. As the ridge strengthens and the front moves north Friday and Saturday temperatures start to climb, but thunder opportunities decrease. All-in-all this is a rather normal late-June weather pattern configuration.

As far as today is concerned... Happy Father's Day to all the dads! There will be a few stray afternoon thundershowers roaming western NC, but dad can handle it :-). No need to abort your plans.

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