Hazardous Weather Outlook for the Weekend

Here's this morning's hazardous weather outlook for Saturday through Sunday issued by the National Weather Service Office in Raleigh --

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

A STRONG WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE IS... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. DUE TO STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH ANY STORMS NEAR THE WARM FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TRIANGLE AND HIGHWAY 64 CORRIDOR.

A MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA IS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT AND RAPIDLY MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH ANY STORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.

FINALLY... GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS.