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This week features some of the coldest temperatures we've seen since Christmas Eve 2022 along with snow chances for most of central and eastern North Carolina.

Coldest temps in over 2 years prompt WRAL Weather Alert Days this week

<p>Hi, everyone. Meteorologist Anthony Baglion here. I hope you enjoyed your weekend, managed to just kind of get some rest, or if you were working, I still hope you enjoyed it. Here is a look at where we are headed. Lots and lots of stuff to talk about here weather-wise. The first of which is gonna be our just bitterly cold forecast as we head through the next couple days. We drop down to 24 degrees tonight in Raleigh, 21 in Roxboro, right around the upper 20s for our southern counties. Mostly clear skies though, so we're gonna get any and all cloud cover out of here as the front pushes to the east. Here is Futurecast though. You can see any and all moisture is wrapping up. We're not gonna see anything as we go through tonight, the next couple of hours, cloud cover pushes out. We will be quiet Monday morning and for the entire holiday, but it's just gonna be much colder. A lot of times when we get these fronts coming through, it takes it a second for the cold air to filter in, but it's gonna get here pretty fast. We should be at 52. I have us right about 34 tomorrow afternoon, 33 on Tuesday. They're stepping those temperatures down to 32 by Wednesday. And then a balmy 44, by the time we head into Friday of the upcoming week. Now, one of the concerning things here with this cold. Definitely gonna be the wind chills. Here's a look. Tuesday morning, feels like values in the single digits for some of us. 10 degrees Tuesday morning in Raleigh, feels like 10 in Roxboro, feels like 10 in South Hill. The cold is going to be our biggest story this week. We're gonna talk about snow chances here in a second, but the cold for sure is gonna be our biggest story. Wednesday morning. 6 in Roxborough. 7 in Durham, low teens there, at least I should say 10 in Raleigh, 10 in Fayetteville. Here is our first snow forecast though, for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. All of Tuesday is dry. This is not gonna be here until closer to midnight. Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, and it will not be a big snowmaker for us as it looks right. Now, we're looking at less than 1 inch around most of our viewing area. That could be a few flakes that may be up to a dusting. I do not expect much snow for us out of this. The coastal areas likely been advertising looking like the best chance for about 1 to 3 inches. That could be Wilmington, Atlantic Beach, Morehead City, but if you're hoping for a big snow, this is not going to be it with this system. We go to 34 on Monday, 33 Tuesday, Tuesday, Wednesday weather alert day is due to the cold and that slight chance for a few snow showers into Tuesday night. We get back up to 53 though, by the time we head into next weekend.</p>

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