Scorching "Fry"Day and Hot Weekend!

A Hot Friday is on tap.  The temperature will surpass 100 in central NC, and get very near 100 in Upper SC and the remainder of the Carolinas except the Mountains and Coast.

The setup for Friday into the weekend is looking wickedly hot for the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic. All the models have a strong area of sinking hot air, and some downsloping to aid in the compressional heating effects, along with dry ground and little in the way of clouds. The warmth in the upper levels goes up to +24 deg. celcius, which is more than enough to take temperatures at the surface to over 100 degrees F.  Places like Raleigh and the Research Triangle and Triad regions of the piedmont of NC will easily surpass the century mark on Friday and again Saturday.   There's always the chance that a few clouds from debris cirrus will encroach at some point from the west, which would help shave some degrees off the high temps, but right now that looks unlikely.