The BIG Chill Coming to Carolinas and Virginia Friday/Saturday

GFS model portrays a Cold, Rainy Friday and early Saturday in the Carolinas and VA with temps staying in the 40s to 50s

The weather models continue to have a classic "Cold Air Damming" event showing up for Friday and Saturday for Virginia and the Carolinas, especially NC.  "Maria" is forecast to get absorbed into the jetstream off Maine, and this vortex will help squeeze a strong building surface high down the east side of the Appalachians on Friday and Saturday, possibly into Sunday.  The biggest question mark is where the rain sets up? Right now, its hard to buy the GFS solution of a rainy Friday night in much of the Carolinas and Virginia , and its strange 30 degree high temperature departures.  Its showing high temperatures in Charlotte and Hickory and Greensboro remaining mostly in the 50's with even upper 40's over part of the Piedmont, during the daylight hours on Friday! Thats unbelievably cold for September.  If the rain doesn't materialize, we'll still have a raw, blustery day on Friday throughout the Carolinas and Virginia, but temperatures won't be quite that cool. Strong northeast winds, and a possibility of a developing Gale offshore the Outer Banks. I'll have an update by midweek to see how the weather is for the Friday Night Games.