Hot Sunday highs, June 6 update | More humid summerlike pattern builds for the second week of June

Added: 2026-06-07

[00:00:04]THERE WAS A NICE AND HOT DAY TO DO THAT.

[00:00:07]LET’S BRING BACK METEOROLOGIST MICHELLE KENNEDY MICHELLE.

[00:00:09]IS THAT HEAT GOING TO STAY?

[00:00:10]YEAH.

[00:00:10]WE HAVE SOME HEAT FOR YOU AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

[00:00:13]WE ALSO HAVE SOME HUMIDITY FOR YOU.

[00:00:15]IT’S GOING TO BE CREEPING UP THERE AS WE GET YOU INTO LATE SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

[00:00:19]AS THE DEW POINTS START TO RISE AND A LITTLE MOISTURE STARTS TO PUSH IN.

[00:00:22]BUT AIR QUALITY ALERTS FOR US TONIGHT, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THAT CODE ORANGE.

[00:00:25]WHILE A LOT OF FOLKS ARE HAVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATS TO OUR NORTH, WE’RE DEALING WITH AN IMPACT FROM AIR QUALITY CONCERNS FROM GROUND LEVEL OZONE.

[00:00:32]SO FORMING IN THAT HOT SUNSHINE, THAT 80S IN THE 90S, COMBINED WITH CAR POLLUTANTS, A LOT OF FOLKS STILL ON THE ROAD GETTING ERRANDS DONE AND THE UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER HAS ALREADY STARTED AS KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL NOW AND FOLKS ON THE ROAD FOR TRIPS AS WELL.

[00:00:45]SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT TRYING TO REFUEL AFTER WE GET YOU THROUGH THE HOTTEST PARTS OF THE DAY.

[00:00:50]AND THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN AS WE GET YOU THROUGH LATER TONIGHT, WE’LL SEE THOSE IMPACTS DROP OFF 60S FOR YOU EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

[00:00:56]AND THEN LOOKING AT THREE TO ABOUT FIVE DEGREES ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, ALL THE WAY THROUGH BURLINGTON HOT SPOTS TODAY, BURLINGTON AND UPTOWN LEXINGTON 91 THERE IN BURLINGTON TO 90.

[00:01:06]AS WE WENT AROUND LEXINGTON ALSO IN REIDSVILLE.

[00:01:09]SO LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S AGAIN TOMORROW, THIS IS MUCH MORE JULY LIKE THAN WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY EXPECT TO SEE EARLY JUNE.

[00:01:17]SO 88 DEGREES FOR THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE TIME WE HIT JULY 4TH AND INDEPENDENCE DAY, WE’VE GOT 69 DEGREES.

[00:01:23]SO FOR MORNING LOWS TYPICALLY BY THEN.

[00:01:24]SO WE’RE SEEING THIS SORT OF SUMMERLIKE PATTERN TRYING TO SET UP.

[00:01:27]WE ALSO HAVE LONGER DAYLIGHT HOURS BY THEN AND OFFICIALLY 14 DAYS AWAY UNTIL THE START OF SUMMER.

[00:01:33]WINSTON-SALEM YOU’RE SEEING TEMPERATURES AT 86 DEGREES.

[00:01:36]CURRENTLY, A WEST NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE.

[00:01:37]YOU SEE THE TREES MOVING AROUND DOWNTOWN LOOKING BEAUTIFUL WITH JUST A FEW HIGH, THIN CLOUDS.

[00:01:42]TEMPERATURES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, ALONG WITH HIGHER INCREASING HUMIDITY.

[00:01:45]WE’RE SITTING AT ABOUT 86 DEGREES KINSTON, BUT 88 DEGREES IN UPTOWN LEXINGTON THROUGH HIGH POINT 90 STILL AND BURLINGTON.

[00:01:52]SOME OF THOSE EASTERN ZONES TOMORROW HAVE SOME HIGHER HEAT RISK ILLNESS IMPACTS FOR FOLKS THERE.

[00:01:57]BUT PRECIPITABLE WATER WAITING FOR THIS TO REALLY PICK UP AND MOVE INTO THE REGION.

[00:02:01]WE BELIEVE THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE DAY LATE TOMORROW AND INTO MONDAY.

[00:02:05]YOU’LL NOTICE THAT MUGGY FEEL IN THE AIR HOUR BY HOUR FORECAST KEEPS US DRY, UNFORTUNATELY.

[00:02:10]AND OF COURSE, WE’RE IN EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE PIEDMONT.

[00:02:13]WE EXPECT THAT TO EXPAND AS WE GO INTO THE END OF NEXT WEEK WITH VERY LITTLE RAINFALL THIS WEEK AND NOT A WHOLE LOT LIKELY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

[00:02:20]YOU’RE LOOKING AT YOUR SUNDAY, THOUGH.

[00:02:21]TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S NOW WE THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET A BETTER WIND FLOW TOMORROW.

[00:02:25]WEST SOUTHWEST WIND SHOULD HELP TO PUMP TEMPERATURES UP THERE.

[00:02:28]EVEN WITH THE CLOUDS MOVING IN TODAY, WE JUST DIDN’T HAVE A LOT OF WIND GOING ON.

[00:02:33]A LITTLE VARIABLE WIND JUST DIDN’T HELP US OUT.

[00:02:35]A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS, POSSIBLY A POP UP THUNDERSTORM OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND THEN LATE IN THE DAY, MAYBE WE CAN GET A SHOWER GOING, BUT IT’S JUST NOT LOOKING GREAT AT THIS POINT.

[00:02:43]SO TEMPERATURES CLIMBING UPPER 80S OUT THERE TO NEAR 90.

[00:02:47]AND THEN WE KEEP STORM CHANCES IN PLAY AT A 20% CHANCE FOR TUESDAY.

[00:02:50]IT LOOKS LIKE THOUGH, IT’S GOING TO TAKE UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK REALLY INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF NEXT WEEKEND TO GET ANY MEASURABLE RAINFALL ON THAT ON THE GROUND, ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO ABOUT A HALF AN INCH THERE.

[00:03:02]RAINFALL TOTALS, AS WE MENTIONED, LOOK LIGHT HEADING INTO TO EARLY NEXT WEEK, BUT WE START OFF YOUR SUNDAY WITH VERY COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS.

[00:03:08]LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S, HUMIDITY STARTS TO COME UP.

[00:03:10]AND IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO THE BEACHES, WE DO HAVE SOME RIP