SUCCESS. TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT HERE, CAROL, WINS ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON POINT. WE HAVE BEEN FEELING THE HEAT THIS WEEK, BUT THERE IS SOME KIND OF RELIEF ON THE WAY MAYBE HEADING OUT THE CAROLINA HARBOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, ANYTHING TO COOL OFF, RIGHT. LET'S BRING IN CHIEF METEOROLOGIST. >> TARA LANE IN TARA. BEFORE WE GET TO THAT COOLER WEATHER STORMS HAVE TO MOVE THROUGH FIRST. THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE THE THE APPROACH OF A FRIEND, ONE BOUNDARY KIND OF DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTH TODAY. ANOTHER ONE COMING IN BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. AND THAT'S GONNA CREATE MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. BUT BRING US SOME SWEET RELIEF AGAIN FROM ALL THIS HEAT. AND ONE OF THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR HERE SO FAR AT CHARLOTTE. I'LL SHOW YOU THAT TOP TEMPERATURE. WE GOT TO EARLIER TODAY. BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE SOME COOLING HEAVY SHOWERS AND STORMS. NOTHING OFFICIALLY SEVERE, BUT CERTAINLY PUTTING OUT SOME HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. AND THESE ARE JUST KIND OF SITTING THERE PRETTY MUCH STATIONARY. THEY THEY DEVELOP IN MAY EVENTUALLY JUST RAIN THEMSELVES OUT AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THAT'S KINDA, THE CASE WITH MOST OF THESE OUT THERE TODAY, NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON, NORTHERN NASH COUNTY DOWN TOWARD TODD HEADING INTO WATAUGA COUNTY. WE HAVE MORE BATCHES OF RAIN THAT WE ZOOM ON DOWN CHARLOTTE METRO, MOSTLY DRY FOR NOW. A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE RIGHT OVER ROCK HILL. AND THAT PART OF I-77 GETTING INTO THE ROCK HILL AREA DEALING WITH THE HEAVY BATCH OF RAIN THAT JUST RECENTLY POPPED UP. WE HAVE MORE SCATTERED STORMS HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OVER THE WESTERN PART OF CHESTER COUNTY OVER MCCABE TO WE'VE HAD THAT REAL STRONG STORM THAT'S TRYING TO WEAKEN A LITTLE BIT. AND ANOTHER STRONG STORM OVER THAT NORTHERN EDGE OF RICHMOND COUNTY AS WELL. NOW, ALONG WITH THE HEAT TODAY, WE'VE HAD THOSE AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN EFFECT, CODE ORANGE, AIR QUALITY. SO THAT MEANS IF YOU HAVE RESPIRATORY ISSUES, ALSO YOUNGER KIDS, OLDER, ACTIVE ADULTS MAY STILL WANT TO TRY AND LIMIT THAT TIME OUTSIDE MECKLENBURG COUNTY CABARRUS COUNTY INCLUDED IN THAT IT COULD BE A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO BREATHE AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THIS. HE TOO. SO WE DID TOP OUT AT 99. THE OFFICIAL HIGH TODAY, WELL, ABOVE THE AVERAGE ONE DEGREE AWAY FROM TYING THE RECORD OF 100 FROM BACK IN 1948. 73 WAS THAT WARM AND HUMID LOW THIS MORNING. RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT STILL LOW TO MID 90'S. 96, ONE OF THE HOTTER SPOTS THERE IN ALBEMARLE 94 IN MORGANTON AND LOWER 80'S UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. BUT IT STILL FEELS LIKE IT'S AS HOT AS 1, 0, 2, 103, AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING CONCORD AND OUT TOWARD THERE FEELS LIKE 103. AND THAT'S IN THE SHADE. ALSO, LANCASTER COUNTY FEELING THAT HEAT AS WELL. HOT AND HUMID. BUT HERE COMES THAT NEXT FRONT STILL PRETTY FAR AWAY AT THIS POINT. AND HERE'S THAT BOUNDARY THAT IS DROPPING KIND OF CLOSE TO THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE STATE TODAY. BUT THAT SYSTEM, THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY DRAWN SOME COOLER AIR AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK WILL BRING US MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. SO TOMORROW BY THE AFTERNOON, MAINLY A FEW SPOTTY DOWNPOURS AND STORMS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. THE HEAT BACKS OFF BY ONLY A FEW DEGREES WILL STILL END UP INTO THE LOWER 90'S FOR WILL ALSO BE TRACKING THE LEVEL ONE OUT OF 5 RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE RIVER. YOU SEE THAT DARKER SHADING OF GREEN INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO LET'S CHECK IT OUT FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WILL TEND TO JUST GENERALLY FIZZLE OUT WITH TIME. SO IT'S LOOKING PRIMARILY DRY GOING INTO THE NIGHT EARLY TOMORROW MORNING BACK TO SOME DRY CONDITIONS. BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE STORMS BLOSSOM ONCE AGAIN DRIFT THROUGH THE AREA FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TOMORROW AND AGAIN FOR SATURDAY, WE COULD START WITH MAYBE A COUPLE OF LINGERING ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MORE SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED GOING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND YOU CAN TACK THAT ON TO SUNDAY AND LABOR DAY ITSELF ON MONDAY AS WELL. HOW MUCH RAINFALL WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME OF THE HIGHER TOTALS BREAKING OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS, UPWARDS OF HALF AN INCH TO CLOSE TO EVEN AN INCH POSSIBLE. OF COURSE, ESPECIALLY IF WE GET THOSE DOWNPOURS SETTING UP FOR YOUR OVER YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PUTTING OUT A LOT OF RAIN OVER SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO THAT'S POSSIBLE, OF COURSE, AS WE SEE WITH THOSE SUMMERTIME STORMS MOUNT FORECASTING UNSETTLED RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BUT NOTICE HERE'S SIGNS OF THE COOLER TEMPERATURES BY NEXT TUESDAY. YOU WILL GO FROM 70'S TO UPPER 60'S. THE COOL DOWN IS COMING DURING NEXT WEEK. EXPECTING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ALL AROUND AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST. LOWER