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It's beginning to look a lot like... fall! While we will have plenty of sun for most of the weekend and dry days will dominate, temperatures will struggle to make it out of the 60s.

Chilly but sunny weekend ahead of much-needed rain to come early next week

<p>Meteorologist Grant Skinner here in the Weather Center will keep mostly dry conditions through tomorrow, but we'll see cloud cover increase tonight and into Sunday ahead of better chances for scattered showers during the first half of the coming work week. The rest of this evening should be quiet, temperatures dropping to the mid to upper 40s by 11 p.m., so it'll make sure you have a light jacket if you're headed out to the state fair this evening. Then into tomorrow morning, another chilly start, but a little bit warmer, and it's down to 37 in Roxbury. 42 Raleigh 41 Fayetteville, and we'll continue to see that cloud cover increase throughout the day tomorrow. So for the state fair, it should be a nice day, mid-60s by the afternoon, just increased cloud cover, and by the evening, temperatures dropping into the mid-50s and will stay warmer overnight Sunday into Monday ahead of this rain chance. A couple of areas of low pressure will develop and move towards the area, one closer to the coastline, one to the north and west. It'll allow for our rain chances to increase those high. Rainfall totals have been trending towards our western spots, closer to Roxboro, Siler City, down through Southern Pines, 1 and 3/4 to 2 inches over the next week, and then about 1 inch.5 down to as low as 1.25 towards Clinton and Fayetteville, uh, over the next 7 days. So, uh, much rain across our area, but not enough to break the drought, but we could see anywhere from 1 inch to 2 inches of rain over the next week. And it will stay chilly thanks to the increased rain chances and the cloud cover. Temperatures dropping into the mid to upper 50s for highs Monday all the way through Wednesday. Fortunately, by Halloween on Friday, we'll see drier conditions, more sunshine throughout the day, low 60s by the afternoon. We'll send in the low to mid 50s, so we'll be on the cool side for your Halloween plans. Again, 62 by Friday, warmer by Saturday of next week, but for now, we'll have to deal with increased cloud cover through the end of the weekend, better chances for scattered showers during at least the first half of the coming week.</p>

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