High chance of rain this week includes a severe storm risk and a tropical system

YOU KNOW THIS WEATHER IS MAKING ME AGE FAST. WE HAVE A GOOD CLOUD COVER, SOME FOG IN THE AREA MIXED WITH SOME DRIZZLE. YOU SEE LIVE IN NORTH WILKESBORO THESE TROPICAL SKIES THAT WE CAN'T GET RID OF. I KNOW IT'S BEEN MEASURING RAIN FOR 11 DAYS IN A ROW AT MY HOME, OR AT LEAST A TRACE AMOUNT I SHOULD SAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THESE RAIN STRIPS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS. TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY GETTING WARMER WITH ALL THE CLOUD COVER, SO WE'VE GOT MORE SOUTH WIND, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP. MAYBE YOU'LL SEE A FEW MORE GAPS IN THE CLOUDS LIKE WE HAVE OVER SOME OF OUR WESTERN COUNTIES WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE CLOSER TO THE LOW TO MID SECONDS. STILL UNSTABLE WEATHER. WE HAVE A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL BRING AT LEAST A FEW DROPS OF RAIN AS TEMPERATURES GET A LITTLE WARMER. I THINK WE HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME ORGANIZED RAIN STORMS, AND MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM LATER IN THE DAY AS WELL. HIGHS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID SECONDS. A GOOD TARGET TEMPERATURE FOR THE TRIAD AND WE'LL STAY PRETTY MILD THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND NIGHT. THEN RAIN CHANCES WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE FOOTHILLS. HIGHS ALSO AT 76. A LITTLE DRIZZLY TO START, BUT BETTER RAIN COVERAGE IS EXPECTED LATER AND THEN EVEN LOWER 70S FOR MANY OF OUR MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES. WE'RE CLOSE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES TO THE MID-70S IN THE AFTERNOON. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FORESHOW. YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THE RAIN IS AT LEAST SOMEWHAT LOCAL AND EXPANDED IN THE NORTHEAST AND ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC CIRCULAR. THE FRONT FOR TOMORROW WILL HELP CONCENTRATE MORE RAIN. IN FACT THERE COULD BE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SMALL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THE MOUNTAINS, FOOTHILLS AND MOST OF THE TRIAD. CASWELL AND ALAMANCE COUNTY ARE ESSENTIALLY EXCLUDED FROM IT. AND I THINK THE CHANCE OF STORMS IS GREATER IN THE EVENING HOURS. YOU CAN SEE THE RAINFALL THROUGHOUT TODAY. FOCUS ON THE WEST AGAIN, BUT OVERNIGHT I THINK THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL DISAPPEAR IN THE TRIAD TODAY, AND TOMORROW STARTS QUIET. BUT KEEP IN MIND THE BAD STORMS FLATTENING IN THE EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUING AFTER WEDNESDAY. I think a lot of the activity will stay in the west, but we'll have more rain that we're watching in the south. In case you missed it, as far as social potential goes, Tropical Cyclone Nine was christened yesterday, or actually this morning around 11:00 AM in the northwest Caribbean. So about an hour ago. It is expected to develop into Tropical Storm Helene and eventually a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Landfall location will most likely be somewhere near the Big Bend region of Florida. And the forecasts and models are getting better and better in line sometime late Thursday or early Friday. AND WE'LL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY IT AT LEAST SOMEWHERE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE MODEL THAT THE STORM WILL QUICKLY INTENSE AND DEVELOP INTO A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S POTENTIALLY BRINGING US A DECENT AMOUNT OF WET WEATHER ALONG A FRONTAL QUIET BORDER. AND I THINK OUR MAIN WINDOW OF IMPACT WILL BE FRIDAY. THINGS CAN CHANGE. THAT'S WHAT IT DOES OFTEN WHEN TALKING ABOUT TROPICAL SYSTEMS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DECENT CHANCES FOR RAINFALL THIS WEEK. WATCH

WARNING: High chance of rain this week, with the risk of severe storms and a tropical system

Meteorologist Brian Slocum has your forecast for Monday

Updated: 12:40 EDT, September 23, 2024

Although it won't be a rainy week, there will be intermittent rain across the Triad, including the threat of severe storms and heavy rainfall from a tropical system moving ashore.

Although it won't be a rainy week, there will be intermittent rain across the Triad, including the threat of severe storms and heavy rainfall from a tropical system moving ashore.