Hot, humid today; Rain expected to return tomorrow, over weekend

Lots of Hot rods were in New Carlisle, Tuesday night June 1, 2021 for part of the Summit Racing Equipment Midwest Drags, Drag-N-Drive event. Pro-Filer Performance Products was the check point for the event.. . The Summit Midwest Drags is a street/strip event that includes drag racing at three midwest dragstrips over four days. All registered vehicles must be driven on public roads between each event, making an interesting display of power-vs-reliability. With over a dozen racing classes, there is a variety of vehicles and horsepower. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF

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Lots of Hot rods were in New Carlisle, Tuesday night June 1, 2021 for part of the Summit Racing Equipment Midwest Drags, Drag-N-Drive event. Pro-Filer Performance Products was the check point for the event.. . The Summit Midwest Drags is a street/strip event that includes drag racing at three midwest dragstrips over four days. All registered vehicles must be driven on public roads between each event, making an interesting display of power-vs-reliability. With over a dozen racing classes, there is a variety of vehicles and horsepower. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF

Today will be hot and humid with a few clouds, ahead of a chance of rain returning to end the week, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

Highs will be around 87 degrees today, with clouds gradually increasing throughout the day and night. Temperatures will dip to around 69 degrees overnight.

On Friday, there will be a chance of rain starting around dawn and increasing as the day goes on and continuing throughout the night. There will also be a chance of storms starting in the afternoon and staying overnight.

Skies will be mostly cloudy and it will be breezy, with highs reaching near 83 degrees. Winds and clouds will decrease overnight, though skies will still be mostly overcast. Lows will be around 71 degrees.

Saturday, there will be a chance of showers and storms throughout the day and night, though thunderstorm chances will fall away shortly after midnight.

Clouds will decrease throughout the day for partly cloudy skies around nightfall.

Winds will be breezy in the afternoon, and temperatures will be hot, with a high around 87 degrees and a low around 73 degrees.

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