Forecast Last Updated at Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 6:30PM

No-Frills And That's Okay

Shake it off, organized rainfall is behind us now. What is left to come down the pike is typical for late June and we welcome it with open arms. We won't stay totally dry, but our shower or t-storm threat will fall in the isolated to scattered category moving forward. Meaning more misses than hits over the next week. By the time we see widespread rainfall again we may actually be ready for it.

Blood, Sweat, and Gears (100 miles and 8,800 feet of climbing) is this Saturday starting in Valle Crucis. Check our Hour-by-Hour Forecast for the weather details.

Wednesday Hi: 75 Lo: 56 Isolated showers & t-storms early this evening, then decreasing clouds; Light wind; Patchy fog at night

Thursday Hi: 74 Lo: 58 Partly sunny; Stray PM thundershowers around; SSE wind 5-10 mph

Friday Hi: 76 Lo: 59 Scattered clouds; Isolated PM thunder; Light south wind

Saturday Hi: 77 Lo: 60 A good deal of sunshine; Isolated PM thundershower

Sunday Hi: 78 Lo: 62 Partly sunny with isolated or scattered showers or t-showers

Further Out

Monday - Partly sunny with scattered showers or t-showers; High in the upper 70s; Low in the lower 60s
Tuesday - Not bad; Partly cloudy; Scattered showers or t-showers; High in the upper 70s; Low in the lower 60s

Forecast Discussion

A secondary front is moving through at this time and is accompanied by a few showers and t-storms dropping SE through NW NC. These will continue to drop south further into western NC, but should stay isolated in nature. Otherwise, expect decreasing clouds overnight with areas of fog (especially where rain falls this afternoon and evening).

Moving forward an upper level ridge and surface high pressure will find home in the eastern U.S. Without any serious heat surging from the Central Plains we will experience "Average Joe" weather. Afternoon highs will be be about average (mid 70's) with overnight lows in the ballpark as well (mid to upper 50's). A slight warming trend begins this weekend into next week.

As far as showers and storms go there won't be many, but there will be a few. We cannot rule out a shower or storm pretty much each afternoon or evening. Plenty of dry hours in the mix and not one day in the forecast warrants a change in outdoor plans for now. That said, it is always wise to pay close attention to the late afternoon sky with this type of pattern. The upper level wind flow will be weak and any showers or storms that develop will be slow movers, = heavy rain potential.

Tropical Depression two is still spinning off the coast of southern Mexico. Regardless of intensification heavy rainfall will be a major problem the next 48 hrs. The higher elevations of in affected areas of Central America and Mexico will see storm total rainfall amounts approaching one foot.

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