A mixed weather weekend to begin May

Welcome to May, a month which begins with average high temperatures in the mid-70s and ends with average highs in the low 80s (corresponding morning lows: low 50s rising to low 60s). Today's - Friday's - thermometer readings will climb from the low 40s at dawn to right around 70º this afternoon, a bit cooler than those averages. Winds will be light and skies will be mostly sunny.

A weak cold front will pass through Mecklenburg County after midnight. That boundary will usher in clouds and a chance of showers as Saturday begins. A developing low pressure center scooting northeastward along the coastline will be near the Outer Banks of North Carolina by dawn. Given the cloud cover and precipitation the temperature range tomorrow will be rather narrow, starting the morning near 50º and only climbing into the upper 50s for afternoon highs. 

That storm system originally looked like it would bring a decent amount of rain to the county, but liquid totals are now forecast to be less than a quarter-inch locally. That's not good news, especially given this week's Drought Monitor showing more of the region to be in the Extreme Drought (red) category:

The rain will taper off Saturday evening, with clouds clearing away by sunrise on Sunday. The latter weekend day will begin with temperatures in the low 40s, rising to the mid-60s for afternoon highs. A northwest breeze will keep it feeling much cooler than the first Sunday of May.