Beautiful fall weekend to follow rain in Carolinas: Forecast here

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A First Alert is in place Friday around Charlotte as showers and thunderstorms will move through.

The rain should stop by lunchtime.

Rain clears out for the weekend

A clearing trend will kick in Friday afternoon and there will be plenty of sunshine to go around over the weekend.

Friday will still be warm with highs again in the low to mid-70s before numbers drop back to more seasonal levels in the mid to upper 60s both Saturday and Sunday. Nights will be chilly with lows in the 30s and 40s.

Beautiful week coming up

Next week’s weather pattern looks great in the Carolinas.

Lots of sunshine by day with highs in the 60s and 70s and cool nights in the 30s and 40s.

Forecast at a glance

• Friday: First Alert -- AM rain and storms, warm and dry PM
• Weekend: Sunshine and seasonal, cool 60s, cold nights
• Next week: Lots of sunshine, cool nights, nice days

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