The week leading up to Memorial Day weekend has begun amid glorious spring weather. Today - Monday - started out with temperatures around Mecklenburg County in the mid-50s. Those readings will climb into the low 80s this afternoon under clear skies and abundant sunshine. Winds will be lighter and less gusty than this past weekend's breeziness.
Tonight's skies will continue to be mostly clear, with local thermometer readings dropping back into the upper 50s by dawn Tuesday. Tomorrow morning will feature mostly sunny skies, but clouds will re-enter the picture during the afternoon hours as the next low pressure system moves into the Ohio valley. Temperatures tomorrow will top out in the upper 70s, just about the average high for the third week of May.
Conditions will go downhill Tuesday night as that low pressure system crosses the Appalachians. Showers look likely to begin wetting down Mecklenburg County after midnight Tuesday, continuing through much of Wednesday. In addition, the Storm Prediction Center has the region under a Marginal Risk - level 1 of 5 - for severe weather on Wednesday. (Keep those weather warning sources handy!)
These May rain events are helping dispel the dry conditions of the late winter/early spring period. Last week's Drought Monitor (the latest available) shows a noticeable improvement across the southern half of the Old Dominion:
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