Mother's Day sunshine gives way to potential severe weather Monday

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Mother Earth gave us a Mother’s Day gift Sunday with sunshine and warm temperatures reaching the 80s – and a pleasant breeze to go with it.

“It’s going to be a lovely day for all the moms,” said WRAL meteorologist Peta Sheerwood.

But after a weekend of celebrations and nice weather, a chance for showers and storms returns Monday.

“Some showers may be possible for the morning commute,” WRAL meteorologist Zach Maloch said, adding that it will be a warm and humid morning.

There is a chance of a Level 1 risk for severe weather in central North Carolina Monday.

“There is a threat of a Level 1 severe storm risk, where damaging winds will be the main threat, but hail is also a possibility,” Maloch said.

Maloch says midday Monday we should see a slight break in rain coverage with the sun popping out slightly. Temperatures will climb into the mid-to-upper 70s.

The storms are likely to arrive in the afternoon. Maloch says they’ll begin to pop up after 1 p.m. and can increase in coverage and intensity through the evening commute.

Futurecast Monday 4 p.m.

Futurecast Monday 5 p.m.

Futurecast Monday 6 p.m.

“Damaging winds are possible, but so is some large hail due to the freezing level height,” Maloch said. “If storms can get tall enough and tap into the freezing level we may get larger hail than what we saw last Friday.”

Rain and storms will continue into the evening into the Sandhills before things quiet down after 10 p.m.    

We’ll be drier Tuesday for the Durham Bulls Opening Day coverage. No problems there! Isolated rain chances will be rather sporadic Wednesday to Friday and are dependent on the strength of an area of high pressure as that can keep a lot of that rain south.