A cold front will slowly move into western North Carolina Wednesday and is expected to stall across the area through the end of the work week. This will kick off a stretch of days that will feature daily chances for showers and storms beginning Thursday here across the coast and last into Saturday.

While we'll enjoy a day of mostly sunny skies and hot conditions Wednesday, this will soon change by the end of the work week.  Expect a day in the upper 80s to near 90 for many up and down the coast with an increasing chance for some scattered showers and storms from west to east by late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning.

Thursday through Friday will feature rounds of scattered showers and storms as the front remains draped across the center of North Carolina. Thankfully, here for the coast -- where the Neuse and Cape Fear rivers still remain at major food stage in some areas -- we won't be picking up the brunt of heavy rain from this system. Expect up to one additional inch of rain over the next few days.

By late Saturday into Sunday, drier and slightly cooler high pressure will build in from the north, giving us a nice weekend and beautiful start to October! Expect lots of sunshine and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s by Sunday into the first half of next week.