Heavy Rain Possible Thursday Night

A quick moving system is expected to cross North Carolina Thursday Night and Friday, causing a brief period of very heavy rain to develop. Rain is expected to cover the foothills by 8:00 p.m. Thursday Night and be clearing the area by 8:00 a.m. Friday. The wild card is the development of any thunderstorms in this band of rain. Surface based cape will remain fairly week; however, the main upper air energy will be passing overhead as the storm pushes towards the coast. This could cause a few strong storms to push through in the overnight hours. Once the event is finished, I expect most areas in the foothills to have around one half to three-fourths of an inch of rain, with locally higher amounts approaching 1-2 inches of rain. After the system passes, a general warming trend is expected with temperatures by Tuesday approaching 70 degrees and dry weather for the weekend. Over the weekend, expect lows near freezing and highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s.