FORECAST: Saturday expected to start off dry enough for outdoor plans

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FORECAST:

• “Clouds are in firm control of your weekend weather and every once and a while, they will be dropping some downpours over the Carolinas,” Chief Meteorologist John Ahrens said Friday afternoon.

• Showers and thunderstorms are likely Friday night with foggy conditions after 11 p.m. in Charlotte.

• However, hope is not lost, he said.

• Weather conditions Saturday during the mid-morning hours through early afternoon should be decent enough to be outside before thunderstorms develop in the late afternoon.

• Heavy rain and lightning will be the top threats.

• It seems like the rain will ease up on Sunday, but the clouds will linger.

• “All in all, not the best of weekends but there will be some times to get outside,” Ahrens said.

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