Muggy day turns wet evening for some

The scattered showers that made Thursday muggy across central North Carolina grew in intensity after the sun set.

Rain fell at rates up to 3 inches per hour in some places as a system moved across the southern part of the Triangle, WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze said.

Flash flooding was a risk in some areas, particularly those that got rain earlier in the week.

"In the Sandhills, they got five inches yesterday and more rain tonight," Maze said.

A large band of moderate showers meandered across central North Carolina Thursday morning, the result of a stalled frontal boundary creating an unsettled atmosphere that lingered into the evening.

On Friday the heat returns, with forecast temperatures in the mid-90s under sunny skies. The humidity will sink slightly bringing an even more tolerable feel for the weekend.