CHARLOTTE, N.C. â As WCNC Charlotte continues to track severe weather across the Carolinas on Friday, we are also keeping an eye on the skies for travelers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Severe weather can mean delays or even cancellations for flights into and out of the Queen City. Even ahead of the expected storms Friday, flight-tracking tool FlightAware already reported a handful of issues at the airport.
As of Friday at 10 p.m., there were about 40 cancellations and about 526 flights were delayed.
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This latest round of potentially severe weather comes only three days after a historic storm system that knocked the power out for hundreds of thousands of people across the Carolinas, caused widespread wind damage and even produced a deadly EF-1 tornado in Catawba County.
In good news, staying Weather Aware for Friday will be very different than what the area saw on Tuesday. This system, for one, shouldn't last as long, will not have as strong of winds, and rain totals will be far lower.
Wind gusts ranged from 45 to 55 mph and above through the day on Tuesday and lingered overnight. This Friday event will bring another windy day, but winds outside of any thunderstorms should range lower, closer to the 30 to 40 mph.
While those gusts are lower in intensity, that's still strong enough to bring down some shallow-rooted trees since the soil is still saturated from Tuesday's downpour.