Sunny skies, near-normal high for Charlotte Wednesday

Luckily, the cold weather appears to be on its way out. Wednesday will be accompanied by blue skies as many set out for their Thanksgiving destination, the weather service said.

Dry, sunny conditions await if you’re traveling by plane, train or automobile to reach a Thanksgiving destination, according to the National Weather Service. However, most of that rain will remain concentrated over northwestern sections of the viewing area Saturday before moving south and east Saturday night.

Rain also may great Black Friday shoppers with the temperature topping out near 50 degrees.

A cold front swept through the North State today, bringing showers and thunderstorms to the lower elevations, and snow to the mountains. The chance for rain will begin to increase in areas NW of I-30 late in the afternoon ad especially during the evening.

For tonight, skies will be clear with overnight lows in the lower 30s. Light and variable wind.

High pressure will build Tuesday and Wednesday as the slow snow melt continues. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 miles per hour in the afternoon.

The low on Monday was 24, 1 degree below normal and 27 degrees above the record low of 3 below for the day, set in 1950.

Thanksgiving Day: Patchy fog before 8am. It will be mostly sunny. Cloudy, with a high near 55.

By Wednesday a front will be traversing the middle of the Nation, bringing rain showers to cities from Minneapolis, MN to Dallas, TX. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 47.