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Warmer days are ahead for all of the area thanks to high pressure building into the Eastern U.S.


Brighter, warmer Thursday ahead of a summer-like weekend warmup

Hello everyone, I'm meteorologist Mike Mays in the WRL Severe Weather Center with our forecast update for this Wednesday night. We had a warm day in our southern counties and a chilly day in our northern counties thanks to all the cloud cover and a little bit of drizzle and light rain. By daybreak, we have clear sky. 57 in Roxboro, 60 in Durham, 61 in Raleigh, 60 at Rocky Mount, 61 in Goldsboro, 64 in Fayetteville, so it will be what we call comfortably cool, but we won't wake up to that overcast that we woke up to this morning. So at the bus stop, 61 is the low, 62 by 8 a.m., 10 a.m. it's full sunshine up to about 70. And then later in the afternoon, we look at partly to mostly sunny skies. It'll definitely be a brighter day for a whole lot more of us, and a warmer day. It was 84 in Fayetteville today. Tomorrow, Fayetteville, about 87, maybe 88. Uh, here in the triangle we expect about 85, so it should be a beautiful afternoon with plenty of sunshine. Take a look at the final weekend of summer. Friday we have mostly sunny skies, 89, that means some locations will be at least 90 degrees. Saturday, partly cloudy, an isolated shower can't be rolled out 86. Sunday 82 with again an isolated shower, and the wind from the Northeast 10 to about 15 MPH. So that will be the coolest day of the weekend, and then fall officially arrives on Monday, the high temperature then I believe about 81. So Football Friday forecast sitting in the bleachers in the evening on Friday shouldn't be all that bad. 80 at 7 o'clock, 76 at 8, 73 at 9. The humidity may be up more than it was last Friday, so you might not really need a jacket. Won't fall into the 60s for most locations. By 11 o'clock we're down to about 70 degrees. So our forecast for the overnight. We expect clearing skies. In fact, it's already cleared here in the Triangle. 60 in South Hill, 60 at Rocky Mount, 63 in Fayetteville, 63 in Southern Pines, and tomorrow it's a brighter and warmer day. Highs definitely in the 80s. You'll notice the difference. The peak of the warmth over the next 7 days comes on Friday. Again, the high temperature 89. Uh, we stay in the 80s for the next 7 days, uh, Monday with the arrival of fall. 81, the forecast high. I believe the normal high on Monday is 80, so pretty much what we'd expect for this time of year. The next chance for rain would be about Tuesday with a 30% chance, small chances Saturday and Sunday, and Monday and Tuesday. Uh, we'll see if those, uh, those rainfall potentials do change. We'll watch to see if they do change. So that's our forecast update. Have a great night and I'll see you tomorrow.

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