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Breezy skies, scattered showers and brief storms are all possible Sunday night. The Storm Prediction Center has a level 1 of 5 risk for these stronger winds in our northern spots.

Gusty winds, scattered showers coming Sunday evening and night

Meteorologist Grant Skinner here in the Weather Center, with a cold front passing tonight, we'll see a broken line of showers and breezy conditions early tonight. But then once that front finally passes, we'll see cooler and drier air to start the workweek. Here's Futurecast overnight. You can see 10 o'clock with that broken line of scattered showers moving through, finally closer to Rocky Mount Goldsboro, down through Fayetteville by around 11 o'clock midnight tonight, and then finally starting to exit the area by 12:30, but still some lingering light showers behind that main line. And we'll see some lingering showers around 23 a.m. and the clouds will quickly move out with that front, and it will be much drier and comfortable to start the workweek Monday looking great. Level 1 to 5 risk is in place still for our northern spots. We could see some brief stronger wind gusts, but right now it's like the highest gusts will be only around 40 to 45 MPH. Still some minor wind damages possible, but again, uh. overwhelming or widespread severe threat, just a low and severe threat with some isolated stronger wind gusts possible. For the State Fair Monday, looking great. Tons of sunshine, highs at around 70 degrees, very comfortable by the evening in the 50s and 60s. Ahead of our next front, it'll be warmer on Tuesday. Highs will reach the mid 70s. It'll be a mostly dry front though. Extra clouds will build in overnight. And then it'll be cooler and drier once again by Wednesday. So highs by Wednesday we'll sit around 70 degrees and staying cool throughout the the next several days, upper 60s and low 70s, all the way through the weekend. Overall, we'll stay mostly dry throughout the next 7 days, but you can see by Sunday we'll have a chance for some. Isolated showers, so that rain shifts returns by the end of next weekend, but for now, you have scattered showers overnight tonight, breezy conditions, mainly early tonight. Then once that front passes, it'll be cooler and drier throughout the day on Monday, tons of sunshine, warmer ahead of our next front on Tuesday.

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