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Highs will reach the 90s for three straight days beginning Tuesday, according to WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner.



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A meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. It is going to be a hot afternoon for us. A change in our weather pattern with high pressure starting to shift offshore means our flow starts to come out of the south, and that's going to feel a little stickier and a little hotter. Our humidity begins to creep up for us tomorrow and definitely for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday because we have an approaching front. Let's take a look at our temperatures and the yellow is where temperatures are above normal, and we'll see a high of 90 this afternoon, so it's definitely going to feel like Summer. We'll pause the front on Thursday just back across the mountains. Today is Thursday, Wednesday and Thursday will be the hottest of those yellow and orange colors. Temperatures will be about 10 degrees above normal with highs in the 90s. But that front moves on into our area and gradually some cooler air will start to filter in. Friday, Saturday, Sunday will feel cooler, but that front will be stalled, and that means we can have some showers and thunderstorms. Around town today, 90. Raleigh and Durham, 93 and Fayetteville. We only had one day in August with highs in the 90s. We've had several. Matter of fact, this streak could be three days in a row. Our normal high for this time of year is 81, and we're looking at 90 today, 91 on Wednesday, and 90 on Thursday. Tune in to WRAL this morning. We do have a good chance for rain Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. A small risk for flooding and Thursday, we already have a level one risk for severe storms. More details on TV this morning.

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