Todays weather in Raleigh NC - Friday - 22 May 2026

(00:00:00) Todays weather in Raleigh NC - Friday - 22 May 2026 (00:00:32) Tonight's Forecast (00:00:59) Weekend Storm Build (00:01:35) Memorial Day Weekend Warning (00:02:00) What To Wear Today (00:02:23) Raleigh Weekend Outlook Raleigh is starting the day at sixty-two degrees under a heavy overcast sky, with a thirty-eight percent chance of light rain arriving through the afternoon. No severe weather alerts are in effect today, and east winds are light at six to nine miles per hour. It's a grab-the-jacket, keep-an-eye-on-the-sky kind of morning — nothing dramatic, but not a day to leave the umbrella at home either.Tonight holds the same quiet, cloudy pattern with the low staying right around sixty-two. The real forecast story begins Saturday. Mornings start with only a slight rain chance and a pleasant high near seventy-eight, but showers and thunderstorms become likely by mid-afternoon. Saturday night turns significantly wetter, with precipitation chances jumping to eighty-one percent.Sunday is where the weekend takes a hard turn. A ninety-six percent chance of rain and thunderstorms, high near eighty-four — essentially a washout for Memorial Day weekend outdoor plans. Memorial Day Monday continues the same pattern: showers and thunderstorms likely, high near eighty-four, and a ninety-four percent precipitation chance. This is not a cookout-friendly forecast.If your weekend is flexible, Saturday morning is your best outdoor window. Get anything planned outside done before early afternoon, then move the party indoors. The wet stretch carries through Tuesday and into Wednesday before conditions gradually improve later next week.For today's commute: dress in layers, carry an umbrella, and allow extra following distance if light rain arrives this afternoon. Roads look fine this morning.This episode includes AI-generated content.