WILL HELP NOT ONLY WASH THAT OUT, BUT SOME OF THE SMOKE TOO. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TONIGHT ARE SEVERE FOR FOLKS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. THAT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT STARTS TO MARCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM THE MIDWEST TOMORROW, ALL THE WAY INTO THE CAROLINAS ON MONDAY. SO WE’LL BE WATCHING FOR THAT TREND. RIGHT NOW, WE’VE GOT A COUPLE OF SHOWERS THAT HAVE TRIED TO GET GOING AROUND. NOT A LOT ON THE GROUND THOUGH, SO IT IS LIGHT PRECIPITATION WORKING THROUGH VERY DRY AIR AT THE MOMENT. AND WE’RE WORKING ON GETTING MORE OF THAT MOISTURE IN HERE THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. NOW, IT MAY TAKE A WHILE, SO IT COULD BE A MOSTLY DRY DAY FOR US, EXCEPT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE YOU COULD SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLY AND BY MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS, THE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY HELP TO PRODUCE A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. SOME FOLKS COULD END UP WITH AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. AND SO WE’RE OPTIMISTIC, BUT NOT ENTIRELY HOPEFUL THAT IT’S GOING TO COMPLETELY WASH OUT THE FIRES THAT ARE DOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE THE WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO BURN. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT YOU’VE GOT 69 DEGREES IN KERNERSVILLE, 68 IN GREENSBORO. THE ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL IS JUST THIS VERY MILD AIR TO WARM CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON EVENING TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. 77 TODAY FOR A HIGH IN GREENSBORO, TYPICALLY 66 DEGREES. SO WE’RE ABOUT TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. 81 WAS SET TODAY IN BURLINGTON. THAT’S OUR HOT SPOT, 79 DEGREES IN UPTOWN LEXINGTON TOMORROW, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE SHOWERS. AND AGAIN, A COUPLE OF OUR FORECAST MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENT. WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE SCATTERED SHOWERS LIFT IN AS EARLY AS THREE FOR THE PIEDMONT TRIAD, AND NOW WANTS TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT, BRINGING IN THOSE SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH FIVE 6:00. NOW ANOTHER ROUND MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EIGHT 9:00. THESE COULD ALSO CONTAIN A COUPLE OF STORMS BY THIS POINT, BUT MOSTLY SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. FOR MONDAY MORNING WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON A COUPLE OF LINES THAT COULD BRING IN THAT SEVERE RISK. WE’RE TALKING TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND THREATS, DAMAGING WIND THREATS PRETTY MUCH AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THERE, BUT ALSO SOME LARGE HAIL. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE THUNDERSTORM CELLS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THOSE COULD BE SEVERE. AND THEN LATER IN THE DAY, IF WE GET A LITTLE INSTABILITY AND A LITTLE LULL IN THE ACTION, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LATE EVENING, MAINLY FOCUSING ON THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT TRIAD. BUT FOR NOW WE’RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT BEHIND THE FRONT TO A SEVERE RISK ON MONDAY AND STILL NOT REALLY WELL DEFINED AS TO THE TIMING ON THAT, WE’LL BE REFINING THAT FOR YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. SO CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST DYLAN HUDLER IN THE MORNING. AND THEN AGAIN, BRIAN ON MONDAY MORNING. NOW YOU’VE GOT 70 DEGREES OUT THERE TOMORROW FOR THE COOKOUT 400 SUNDAY IN MARTINSVILLE IS GOING TO BE WARM. WE’VE GOT LOW TO MID 70S GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON. MIGHT EVEN POP INTO THE UPPER 70S BECAUSE WE’VE GOT SOME WARMTH HAPPENING AND A DELAY IN THE RAIN. RAIN CHANCES THOUGH. WE’RE GOING TO PUT YOU AT 50% AFTER 3:00, AND THAT COULD TAKE US UP INTO THE EARLY DINNER HOURS TO SEE SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE. DURING THE DAY, YOU MIGHT START TO GET A PASSING SHOWER IN THE FOOTHILLS. 70S FOR YOU THERE, AND A RAIN CHANCE THAT INCREASES AS WELL FOR LATE AFTERNOON FOR THE MOUNTAINS. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UNDER RAIN CHANCES MOST OF THE DAY. THOSE IMPACT HOURS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THAT MOUNTAIN AREA IS LIKELY TO SEE THOSE SHOWERS A LITTLE SOONER. YOU’RE GOING TO BE CLOSER TO THAT SEVERE RISK, TOO. SO LATE TOMORROW NIGHT, POSSIBLY 1 OR 2 STORMS MOVING INTO THE MOUNTAINS COULD BECOME SEVERE. WE’LL BE LOOKING AT THAT WHOLE AREA STRETCHING EAST ON MONDAY, AND THAT SLIGHT RISK AREA SETS UP ACROSS THE TRIAD. AND AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE MONDAY MORNING, AFTERNOON AND POTENTIALLY FOR THE EVENING. THE MAIN RISK WOULD BE THE DAMAGING WIND THREATS. BUT YOU WANT TO HAVE A WAY TO KEEP THOSE ALERTS ACTIVE AND MAKE SURE YOUR PHONES ARE TURNED ON AND CHARGED. WE’VE GOT 60S TUESDAY AND WE