AS WELL. INSIDE. A GREAT THING TO DO. COMING OFF A VERY WARM DAY YESTERDAY, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WE HAD HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S LOW 80S 80 HERE IN WINSTON BURLINGTON EVEN HIT 81. WE’RE GOING TO BE EVEN WARMER TODAY. AND THAT RECORD NEAR RECORD HEAT WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. WE’VE GOT HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WHICH WILL KIND OF THREATEN RECORDS SET BACK IN THE 1930S AND 40S HERE THROUGH SATURDAY. SUNDAY A LITTLE BIT COOLER, BUT STILL. WE’RE IN THOSE LOW TO MID 80S. SO SO A VERY WARM STRETCH OF WEATHER ON THE WAY FOR US HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. HONESTLY, ABOUT AS HOT AS IT GETS FOR APRIL APRIL AROUND THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. UPPER 60S LOW 70S OUTSIDE THIS MORNING 71 BURLINGTON VERY MILD DEW POINTS ALSO IN THE 60S, SO IT’S A LITTLE BIT HUMID AS WELL. AND DON’T LET THAT BREEZE CATCH YOU OFF GUARD TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BLOWING ABOUT 10 TO 20MPH THIS MORNING. JUST HAD A 21 MILE PER HOUR GUST IN GREENSBORO. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY WARM AND BREEZY DAY LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON, STARTING WITH SOME CLOUDS TO KICK THINGS OFF AND THEN MORE PEEKS OF SUNSHINE LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S MID AND UPPER 80S FOR THE FOOTHILLS AS WELL. I THINK MOST FOLKS DRY TODAY CAN’T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED POP-UP SHOWER OR DOWNPOUR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS, BUT THERE REALLY WOULDN’T BE MUCH COVERAGE OF THAT. MOST OF US DRY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S THERE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY. BASEBALL IS BACK. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SOONER THAN EXPECTED FOR WINSTON-SALEM, BUT WE’LL WELCOME THE DASH BACK ANYTIME. GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENING FOR BASEBALL. DEFINITELY. WANT A COLD DRINK OR A COLD SODA? LOW 80S TO KICK THINGS OFF. FIRST PITCH THERE AT 630 THIS EVENING. LATER INNINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MUGGY AS WELL. HOPPERS ALSO THEIR HOME OPENER OVER IN GREENSBORO. SIX 31ST PITCH TODAY, MID 80S, THEN DOWN INTO THE UPPER 70S. SO A VERY WARM DAY FOR THE START OF MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AROUND THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. THIS HAS BEEN OUR PATTERN FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT ALL THE ACTIVE WEATHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. PARTS OF ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, MISSOURI INTO KENTUCKY AS WELL. BIG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST, KEEPING US NICE AND DRY. ALSO BRINGING THE WARMTH. BUT THAT BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN THE WARMER AND COOLER AIR, A BIG DIP IN THE JET STREAM TO THE WEST HAS CREATED A VERY SOGGY PATTERN THROUGH THE MID SOUTH. BUT EVENTUALLY THAT RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BREAK DOWN AND HELP TO RETURN SOME RAIN CHANCES INTO OUR FORECAST. BY THE TIME WE GET INTO LATE SUNDAY, SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. VERY WARM, EVEN A LITTLE BIT HUMID TODAY AND INTO TOMORROW, BUT THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN ON THE RADAR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT’S REALLY NOT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY AND THEN INTO MONDAY, WHEN OUR CHANCE FOR SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS RETURNS AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT, AND WE COULD REALLY PICK UP SOME DECENT RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THIS, WHICH WOULD BE VERY GOOD NEWS FOR THE POLLEN AND ALSO THE DROUGHT THAT SET IN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EARLY HEADS UP. I WANT TO CAUTION YOU THE WARMER WEATHER. I’M SURE ALL THE NURSERIES, ALL THE FLOWER SHOPS ARE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BUSY THIS WEEKEND WITH THE WARMER WEATHER, I’D HOLD OFF ON PLANTING FOR MAYBE ANOTHER WEEK OR SO BECAUSE LOOK AT THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO NEXT WEEK. WE’RE GOING TO GO FROM THE MID AND UPPER 80S THIS WEEKEND INTO THE UPPER 50S, LOW 60S NEXT WEEK. SO MUCH, MUCH COOLER AIR ON THE WAY.