Warm, muggy weekend, occasional storms

High pressure over the Southeast will promote a southwesterly flow of warm, humid air. A weak front drifting into the northern part of the state will trigger scattered showers and storms this evening, some capable of producing damaging winds and torrential rain.

A heat advisory continues for the southern half of the state until 8 p.m., for a heat index near or a little above 100.

The weekend will be unsettled with occasional showers and storms, focused near a stalled boundary that will eventually shift north Saturday ahead of low pressure in the Upper Midwest. The boundary will be farther north on Sunday, with rain chances decreasing Sunday afternoon.

Heat and humidity will stay with us next week, with drier weather Monday for NBC4 Family Discount Day and temperatures in the low 90s. A pattern change will arrive midweek, with cooler and less humid weather.

Forecast

• Friday: Some sun, scattered showers, storms. High 90 
• Tonight: Showers, storms early, muggy. Low 75
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, scattered, storms. High 88
• Sunday: Partly cloudy, few storms. High 90 (75)
• Monday: Mostly sunny, hot, humid. High 91 (73)
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, hot, humid. High 93 (74)
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, less humid. High 86 (72)
• Thursday: Sunny. High 82 (65)
• Friday: Sunny. High 80 (59)