CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Weather conditions in the atmosphere held together for most of Wednesday from Charlotte and northward decreasing the chances of any major thunderstorm.
However, a cold front is still over eastern Tennessee and the wedge in the atmosphere that has protected the area from major storms was pushed north of Charlotte.
The Severe Channel 9 meteorologist team will be monitoring any thunderstorms that could fire up Wednesday evening.
The severe risk is not high but the chance of a storm developing is possible.
The cold front will cross over the area midnight depleting the chance of rain, leaving drier conditions.
Weather conditions will improve once the front is gone and temperatures will cool off a bit Friday and warm back up over the weekend.
Temperatures will be in the 70s Saturday and in the low 80s Sunday under sunny skies.
The next chance of rain will be next week.
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