FORECAST: Heat builds across the region

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CHARLOTTE — ABOVE: The latest forecast update from Severe Weather Center 9. To stay on top of changing weather conditions, be sure to download our free WSOC-TV weather app.

  • Today is the day the heat starts to build back in.
  • Highs return to the lower 90s this afternoon.
  • Really low risk for an isolated storm for the high country and I-40 corridor.
  • It will feel much hotter tomorrow with a heat index near 100° again!
  • There’s also a higher storm risk by the late afternoon and evening.
  • Some of those storms could bring in a threat for damaging winds and a intense lightning.
  • Storm threats ease for the weekend but keep the umbrellas nearby.
  • Scattered showers likely on Saturday with highs back down to the mid 80s.

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