Heavy Rain Expected Through Friday: Huntersville Forecast

HUNTERSVILLE, NC — The week is wrapping up with thoroughly soggy weather in the Charlotte-metro and Lake Norman regions as heavy rains are expected to hover over the state through Friday.

“Creeks and streams are likely to rise gradually with this rainfall, and may rise out of their banks in a few spots,” the National Weather Service said Thursday morning in a hazardous weather outlook bulletin.

By the weekend, however, things will drastically improve, according to the forecast. Sunny skies will emerge on Saturday and stick around through Christmas day. (For more news like this, find your local Patch here. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app; download the free Patch Android app here.)

Here is the National Weather Service’s forecast through Christmas Day:
Today (Dec. 20)
Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog before 3pm. High near 56. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tonight
Rain before 8pm, then showers after 8pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. Low around 52. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday (Dec. 21)
Showers. Patchy fog between 1pm and 2pm. High near 57. South wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night
A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and midnight. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 38. West wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday (Dec. 22)
Sunny, with a high near 51. West wind around 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 32.
Sunday (Dec. 23)
Sunny, with a high near 55.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Monday (Dec. 24)
Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Christmas Day (Dec. 25)
Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

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