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Strong to severe storms possible this afternoon and evening.

Ethan Clark

June 27, 2026 at 11:23:59 AM

⛈️ Severe Weather Update: Heat and humidity, along with outflow boundaries left over from storms moving through the Ohio Valley, will allow scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop this afternoon and evening across the state and push east. A couple could be strong to severe, with damaging winds being the main threat. The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of North Carolina under a level 2/5 risk of severe weather, and the rest of the state under a level 1/5 risk.


📌WHAT: Cape Values (convective available potential energy (commonly abbreviated as CAPE) is a measure of the capacity of the atmosphere to support the vertical movement of air that can lead to cloud formation and storms.) will soar into the 2000+ J/kg range, which is more than enough for scattered/hit-or-miss showers and thunderstorms to develop, and some wind shear around would support the potential for strong to severe storms. The primary severe threat remains damaging straight-line winds (50-70 mph), localized wet microbursts, and I can't rule out some isolated hail in a storm or two.


Timing mainly after 1/2PM through the late evening from west to east generally, an isolated shower or storm can't be ruled out.


👀 The Bottom Line: It'll be hot and humid today, with scattered pop-up storms developing. Coverage will be 40/50%. Not everyone sees storms, but parts of Central/Western and Central-Eastern NC have a decent shot at a passing storm. If you have outdoor plans, make sure you have a backup plan for what to do if you hear thunder. I've attached the future radar, don't take it literally, but it gives you a good idea. I'll have updates like normal today!


-Ethan

Mountains

110°F

Raleigh area

CADEN NELSON

CADEN NELSON

Forecast Sept 7th, Wednesday: Storms for some cooler for others.

Two main weather features today, a trough and a cold front, will bring some changes to our weather. Happy Wednesday, North Carolina! A trough dropped through parts of the state overnight and is now stalled across the southern part of the state. Following that, areas from Raleigh north will notice a wind change; thhould allow for temps to stay in the low-mid 80s across northern portions of the state. Highs across the southern part of the state will be in the upper 80s to around 90°, a cold front will drop through the state tonight, bringing in some cooler and drier weather for Thursday. Today, I expect partly cloudy skies with some low level stratus clouds across the north. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop; the favored area will be across the southern portion of the state where the trough is. Storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rainfall, and an isolated storm could be severe with damaging winds. A few isolated storms are possible elsewhere, but the fav area will be across the southeastern part of the state, Fayetteville south and east.



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