STAPLE. I’M SURE YOU CAN FIND ONE IN MOUNT AIRY AS WELL. WE’VE GOT LOW CLOUDS. IT IS MILD. IT IS MUGGY OUT THERE. EVEN SOME PATCHY FOG. PARTS OF SURRY COUNTY AS WELL. WE’RE KIND OF STUCK IN THIS STEAMY AND AT TIMES STORMY SUMMERTIME WEATHER PATTERN. THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL ALL LOOK VERY SIMILAR, AND YOU CAN KIND OF PLAN APPROPRIATELY THE SAME FOR EACH DAY GOING FORWARD. THE MORNINGS WILL START WITH SOME FOG, MAYBE A STRAY LEFTOVER SHOWER. BY LUNCHTIME WE SEE THE SUNSHINE AND THAT KIND OF HELPS TO RECHARGE US IN THE AFTERNOON. HELPS MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE FOR THOSE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS TO POP UP. SO THAT’S OUR PATTERN GOING FORWARD. THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE HAVE A BIG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. WE CALL THIS A BERMUDA HIGH SINCE IT’S OUT HERE OVER THE ATLANTIC NEAR BERMUDA. CLOCKWISE FLOW IN THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND THAT HIGH PRESSURE IS BRINGING IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MOISTURE OFF THE GULF AND THE ATLANTIC THROUGH PARTS OF THE CAROLINAS. SO WITH NO FRONTS TO MOVE THROUGH IN THIS HIGH PRESSURE, US STAYING STUBBORN AND KIND OF STATIONARY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS IS OUR PATTERN. AND IT’S GOING TO KIND OF WORK ON A RINSE AND REPEAT THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SEVERE WEATHER RISK OVER THE WEEKEND. WITH THESE AFTERNOON STORMS FAIRLY LOW. BUT I DO THINK WE’LL NEED TO WATCH FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN PONDING ON THE ROADS AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING TOO. THAT’S MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS. THE SUMMER DOWNPOURS KIND OF POP UP AND SIT OVER THE SAME AREAS WITH LITTLE WIND IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO KIND OF PUSH THEM ALONG. NOT MUCH OF A STEERING MECHANISM, SO THEY JUST KIND OF GO WHERE THEY WANT TO. AND FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE THE PAST COUPLE DAYS, SO WE NEED TO WATCH FOR THAT. ALSO, SOME LIGHTNING COULD INTERRUPT OUTDOOR PLANS THIS WEEKEND, AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO ON THE TABLE TOO, WITH AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. JUST A FEW SPRINKLES SOUTH OF OUR AREA NEAR THE CHARLOTTE AREA THIS MORNING. BUT THE REST OF US DRY. JUST SOME EXTRA CLOUDS. IT’S MILD AND MUGGY OUT THERE. 60S TO THE WEST, LOW 70S HERE IN THE TRIAD. MOST FOLKS WILL BE DRY THROUGH LUNCHTIME, BUT BY EARLY AFTERNOON WE START SEEING THOSE SCATTERED POP-UP STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE FOOTHILLS, THEN MOVING SOUTH AND EASTWARD, KIND OF WORKING THEIR WAY, SLOWLY EXPANDING THROUGH THE TRIAD. BY LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING DINNERTIME WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME STORMS IN THE AREA. NOT EVERYONE GETS A STORM TODAY, BUT THEY WILL BE PRETTY WIDELY SCATTERED, SO THERE’S A DECENT SHOT IF YOU DON’T GET A DOWNPOUR IN YOUR BACKYARD, YOU SHOULD AT LEAST SEE SOME DARK CLOUDS OFF IN THE DISTANCE. OR MAYBE HEAR A RUMBLE OF THUNDER FROM TIME TO TIME. TOO. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. WE’RE WARMING UP INTO THE UPPER 70S BY LUNCHTIME AND THEN RIGHT AROUND 8485 THIS AFTERNOON, LOW TO MID 80S FOR THE FOOTHILLS AS WELL. LATER ON TODAY THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE SLIGHTLY MILDER IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S, WITH A FEW OF THOSE POP UP SHOWERS AND STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WE HAVE A SIMILAR CHANCE FOR SUNDAY ON FATHER’S DAY, BUT I THINK THESE STORMS ON SUNDAY TOMORROW WILL BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD AND WITH A LITTLE MORE WIND ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THEY COULD PACK A BIT OF A STRONGER PUNCH AT TIMES. THEY FIRST FIRE UP IN THE FOOTHILLS AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND THEN WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE TRIAD. VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE’LL SEE TODAY. BUT AGAIN, A COUPLE COULD BE STRONG WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. SO YOU WANT TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THE RADAR AND PLAY IT BY EAR WITH DAD, ESPECIALLY LATER ON IN THE DAY. IT’S WARM AND HUMID. YOU STILL HAVE SOME TIME TO GET OUT THERE ON THE GRILL, BUT JUST AGAIN, KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND CHECK THE RADAR EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. WITH DAD. THE SUMMER PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. RAIN CHANCES TAPER OFF A BIT BY NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BUT NOTICE IT STAYS HOT.