OR ANYTHING IN SIDE WITH FUNCTIONING AIR CONDITIONING. YEAH, UNLESS YOU WANT TO SWEAT. THEN OUTSIDE IS THE PLACE TO BE. IT WAS HOT TODAY, LAINEY. IT DEFINITELY WAS HOT. RIGHT? IT FELT MORE LIKE LATE MAY, EARLY JUNE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S. THERE IS THE CAMPUS OF NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY. BEAUTIFUL THOUGH WITH THE BLUE SKIES ACROSS THE AREA. OF COURSE QUITE A BIT OF POLLEN IN THE AIR TOO, AS THOSE VERY HIGH TREE POLLEN COUNTS. THE OAK AND PINE IN PARTICULAR. LOOK AT THE HIGH TEMPERATURES. 86 IN GREENSBORO TODAY, 87 IN WINSTON-SALEM, 87 IN LEXINGTON, AS WELL AS REIDSVILLE, NORTH WILKESBORO AT 84. THAT 86 IS NOT RECORD SETTING, BUT IT’S CLOSE. THE RECORD HIGH FROM 1976 IS 90 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING OFF SLOWLY AT THIS HOUR, SO WE ARE 83, IN MOUNT AIRY, 76 IN GALAX AND 84 IN ASHEBORO. SO TEMPERATURES WILL COME DOWN TOMORROW WITH HIGHS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 70S TOMORROW BECAUSE OF THE CLOUDS, MID 70 ON SATURDAY AND THEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGHS ONLY IN THE 60S. THAT FRONT BRINGS IN AT LEAST A FEW SHOWERS, A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS FOR YOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON EVENING AND THEN SOME RAIN LATE SUNDAY AS WELL. AND WE ACTUALLY DO NEED SOME RAIN. WE’VE ONLY HAD ABOUT A HALF OF AN INCH SO FAR FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, AND WE ARE ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF BELOW NORMAL. TYPICALLY, APRIL IS ONE OF OUR WETTEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR. DROUGHT SITUATION UPDATED TODAY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS CREEPING UP TOWARD HIGH ROCK LAKE, SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY. ALSO IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE, FROM RALEIGH DOWN TO FAYETTEVILLE, EAST TOWARD GREENVILLE. WE’VE GOT A FRONT OVERHEAD THAT IS DRY, SO THERE’S ONLY A FEW THIN CLOUDS WITH THAT, A MORE SIGNIFICANT ONE THAT IS OUT TO THE WEST. AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT DOES HAVE SEVERE WEATHER AHEAD OF IT AND ALSO HAS US KIND OF WATCHING THE SKIES FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. NOW, WE’RE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE AS STRONG AS THE ONES THAT ARE WEST OF US NOW, BUT WE COULD SEE AT LEAST AN ISOLATED, STRONG TO SEVERE STORM. OF COURSE, DAMAGING WINDS WERE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A SEVERE STORM. HAS WINDS OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO, THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT LARGE HAIL IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER, ABOUT AN INCH IN DIAMETER. WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR A TORNADO THREAT WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM AS IT MOVES THROUGH, SO FIRST WE’RE LOOKING AT CLOUDS INCREASING. SO THAT WILL START OVERNIGHT EARLY TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL WAKE UP TO SOME CLOUDS. IT’S NOT A WASHOUT TOMORROW. THERE’S PROBABLY ACTUALLY VERY LITTLE RAIN. NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SEE IT, BUT IT WILL DEVELOP AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE FORM OF A FEW SHOWERS AND COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL ROLL THROUGH AROUND THE DINNER HOUR AND THEN SHOULD BE MOVING OUT. SO YOU NOTICE MAYBE A PASSING SHOWER IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES PRETTY MILD IN THE 60S. WE’RE GETTING INTO THE LOW 70S BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN COMING DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAINS A FEW OF THOSE STORMS MAY HOLD TOGETHER INTO THE TRIAD BY ABOUT SEVEN EIGHT, 9 P.M. TOMORROW, AND THEN IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET. SO HERE’S OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE DO HAVE THAT 30% CHANCE FOR STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURE IS 79 FOR THE FOOTHILLS. WE’RE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S TOMORROW. ALSO SOME STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. MOUNTAINS FORECAST HAS US IN THE UPPER 60S. PROBABLY THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS OVER OUR MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES. HERE’S YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE’VE DRIED OUT SATURDAY. WE’VE GOT SOME CLOUDS AROUND IT IS COOLER ON SUNDAY. IN FACT, SOME 40S ARE IN THE FORECAST IN THE MORNING. RAIN RETURNS LATE DAY SUNDAY AND MAYBE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND FOR EARTH DAY ON MONDAY. ALL RIGHT, GETTING A CHECK ON TRAFFIC NOW A LOOK AT HIGHWAY 5