More potential storms Sunday, followed by an early week cooldown

After a brief break in the humidity Saturday, today - Sunday - will bring the stickiness back into Mecklenburg County. The "cold" front that pushed through early yesterday morning has crept back northward, allowing winds to swap around out of the south again. The result will be afternoon highs again in the mid-90s accompanied by heat indices which will approach the triple digit mark.

Meanwhile, a stronger cold front will cross the Appalachians tonight. That will create the potential for more severe weather. Although most county sites missed Friday's storms, it looks more likely that the local area will experience strong to severe stuff late this afternoon into the evening. The Storm Prediction Center has the region under another Slight Risk (level 2 of 5), with damaging straight line winds and some hail possible:

Behind this next boundary a true Canadian airmass will replace the sticky stuff, bringing drier air and lower temperatures for Monday. Local thermometers thus look to top out in the low to mid-80s Monday and Tuesday. Sunshine will prevail tomorrow, but Tuesday will be cloudier with a chance of showers. That front will stall out across the Carolinas, and a low pressure center will form along a "wrinkle" in the boundary over the Outer Banks.

The heat then returns midweek, with the 90s coming back to town by Wednesday and possibly more storms Thursday and Friday. Hopefully some of this convection will bring a decent amount of rain along with it, but that could be wishful thinking.