ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER. WE ARE LOOKING OUT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHEAST AND IT’S MOVING THIS WAY, IT’S VERY UNPREDICTABLE THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND THE DAMAGE IS UNQUESTIONABLE. AND FRIGHTENING. WHAT THE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IN SLIDELL GOT JUST EARLIER TODAY. YEAH. THAT SPRING STORM SYSTEM IS ALWAYS REAL FRIGHTENING ACROSS OUR AREA. AND WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS AS WELL. NOT AS INTENSE AS THOSE TO THE SOUTH THOUGH. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY WAS WET EARLY TODAY. AND THEN YEAH, WE SAW A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WE DO HAVE A WEATHER IMPACT FOR YOU TOMORROW, AND THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON SOME RAIN THAT WILL COME IN. THAT WILL LIKELY BE IN THE MORNING AND MIDDAY, AND THEN IT BECOMES MORE SCATTERED IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT THAT LEAVES ROOM FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SUN TO PEEK OUT AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE LATE DAY HOURS. WE DO HAVE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM THREAT. THE IMPACTS THAT WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT TOMORROW, WET ROADS, FLOODING AND ALSO WINDS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE REALLY STRONG. THEY COULD DOWN SOME TREES EVEN CAUSE SOME OUTAGES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH STRONG WINDS, FIRST WITH THE STORM COMING IN AND THEN AFTER IT WITH SOME OF THE COOLER AIR COMING IN BEHIND IT. MOUNTAINS, YOU’LL HAVE SOME SUNSHINE BY FRIDAY AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN AND STORM THREAT TOMORROW. WE’VE GOT 60S FOR HIGHS ON FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS, BUT CLEARING OUT TOMORROW, OF COURSE WE DO HAVE THE RAIN, THE WIND AND THE STORMS. OUR FORECAST WINDS FOR TOMORROW MORNING OUT OF THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THEY’LL CONTINUE SUSTAINED WINDS BLOWING EASILY AT 15 TO 25. AND THEN PICKING UP SOME IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT ABOUT 15 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE STRONGER GUSTS. THEN THEY’LL TURN OUT OF THE WEST ON FRIDAY. ALSO, STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 MILES AN HOUR. NOW THE GUSTS ARE REAL IMPRESSIVE HERE, LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS JUST AROUND MIDDAY AS WE’RE SEEING GUSTS AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR COULD ACTUALLY GET SOME GUSTS THAT GET CLOSER TO 50 MILES AN HOUR IN OUR MOUNTAINS. DEALING WITH A LOW LEVEL JET STREAK THAT’S GOING TO BE OVERHEAD. SO DEFINITELY SOME STRONG WINDS THAT EVERYONE’S GOING TO SEE. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN ON THE RADAR RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE RAIN THAT WILL BE MOVING IN OUTSIDE OF JUST THE STORM SYSTEM WINDS. WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITHIN ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH A GREATER THREAT TO OUR NORTHWEST, THERE’S ALSO A GREATER THREAT FOR TORNADOES TO OUR NORTH AND TO OUR SOUTH. WE DO HAVE A CHANCE, THOUGH, FOR ISOLATED STORMS, THE GREATER RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN GENERAL IS TO OUR NORTH WEST. ALSO DOWN OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. SO WE’RE IN THAT THREAT LEVEL ONE OUT OF FIVE, WHICH MEANS WE COULD STILL SEE SOME ISOLATED, STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING. YET IT’S A COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM. WE’VE GOT A SERIES OF FRONTS AND AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE, BUT WE’RE TRACKING A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL TRAVEL NORTHWARD INTO OUR AREA. AND THEN EVENTUALLY A FRONT THAT’S GOING TO HELP TO PUSH ALL OF THIS OUT AND CLEAR US OUT FOR FRIDAY. SO THE FOCUS WITH THIS FRONT MAY KEEP SOME OF THAT REAL HEAVY RAIN JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND TO OUR EAST. WE’D LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN FOR OUR SAKE. WE WANT TO SEE THOSE RAINFALL TOTALS GET OVER MORE THAN AN INCH OR SO. I THINK BY LUNCHTIME WE DO HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF SCATTERED RAIN OVERHEAD. AND THEN THERE')S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LINE OF STORMS TO DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THAT SECOND FRONT ROLLS THROUGH. SO HERE’S A CLOSER VIEW FOR YOU. IT’LL SHOW YOU TOMORROW MORNING WITH WET WEATHER AROUND. WE’LL STOP IT AGAIN FOR LATE MORNING AROUND MIDDAY YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS IN THE AFTERNOON. WE COULD ACTUALLY GET SOME POCKETS OF SUN SO THAT BY DINNERTIME, WHEN THAT LINE COMES THROUGH, WE COULD HAVE SOME INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THAT. SO HERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. THE RAIN CHANCES AND COVERAGE GOES DOWN, BUT WE COULD STILL HAVE SOME PRETTY INTENSE STORMS THAT POP UP. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND 70 DEGREES, SO IT’S WARM. IT’S WINDY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS. WE’RE ALSO LOOKING FOR THE RAIN CHANCES TO BE HIGHEST EARLY IN THE DAY, BUT THEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AT LEAST A FEW STORMS TO KIND OF LINGER. HERE’S OUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST. ONCE THIS MOVES OUT. BUT WE DO HAVE CLEAR SKIES INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME BREEZY, MILD TEMPERATURES, AND EVEN INTO THE 80