Near triple-digit heat and chance for severe storms Thursday

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Thursday is a First Alert Day in central North Carolina as severe storms are possible and a heat advisory is in effect.

The day begins with sunny skies and warming temperatures eventually reaching into the upper 90s and feels-like temperatures jumping to 106 degrees.

Storms will not move in until late in the evening. The morning and early afternoon will be dry, but sometime between 9 p.m. and midnight, storms could start popping up.

Not everybody in central North Carolina will see storms, but the storms that do develop could be severe with damaging straight-line wind.

High temperatures drop back down into the low 90s starting Friday, and a low risk for isolated storms remains in place through the weekend

Next week, high temperatures will drop into the 70s, with some lows even flirting with the 50s.