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Central North Carolina will have near-record warmth on Tuesday, with temperatures starting off in the 50s and climbing as high as 76 degrees in some areas by the afternoon.

Near-record highs expected on Tuesday as temperature rollercoaster rolls on

Happy Tuesday. I'm meteorologist Chris Michaels here in the WRALs Severe Weather Center. Near record highs this afternoon. In fact, the record for Raleigh is 76, and that's what we're forecasting today. Roxborough 72, South Hills, 73. Look at Fayetteville in the upper 70s this afternoon. Big changes on the way as we head into tomorrow courtesy of this area of high pressure. It's going to be camped out. Out over New England. What that does is it brings in some cooler air and some clouds. We call this the wedge or cold air damming. It's gonna be a big difference for us on Wednesday. 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, we're mostly cloudy, if not overcast, and then you just see that veil of clouds, it's gonna be overhead for much of the day Wednesday. We'll talk about the temperatures here in just a minute. But you see there's the chance. For some drizzle to develop during the afternoon and then more tangible rain is going to start to come in really as we head into the evening and late night hours Wednesday, any sort of freezing rain mix looks like it's going to be well to our north. By Thursday morning we're still left with some scattered showers. But look at our temperatures for tomorrow, 45 Roxboro, Raleigh 49, Clinton 54, Rocky Mountain Durham. At 48 degrees. So a huge difference by about 25 to 30 degrees from one afternoon to the next. By Thursday, it's going to be a slow climb in our temperatures, but eventually by the afternoon, we should hit the upper 60s, lower 70s, and this back and forth really continues into the weekend. We've got this frontal boundary that's going to be nearby, and whenever it's to the north, we're warmer and we're drier, but if it's closer to us, then we're cooler and we're wetter. So Saturday looks like we're Then by Super Bowl Sunday, it does look as though temperatures will get into the upper 60s and the lower 70s, and there will be the chance for a few showers as well. So, uh, each day, the forecast is going to be different from the last, be checking back for updates as we go throughout the next several days. Today, the warmest of the next 7 with a high temperature in the triangle of about 76 degrees.

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