A Few Thunderstorms Sunday/Monday...Then Another Strong HeatWave

The Spartanburg-Shelby-Charlotte corridor has yet to reach 100 degrees this Summer, but we have a real shot beginning Thursday of this week, and even a better chance of reaching 100 on Friday and Saturday. Another strong ridge of high pressure will form right over the western Carolinas by late week and sit over the region, providing the nearly ideal flow and pattern situation to cook the region with 100 degree temps. Many areas just east of this region have hit 100 several times this year, and now its our turn to really crank up the heat, with strong downslope winds and sunny skies.

Meanwhile this afternoon we have a slight chance of thunderstorms. If we don't get some rain either Sunday or Monday, this area's chance of any rain goes downhill to nearly nothing by mid and late week, as the heatwave cranks back up over the Carolinas.