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Temperatures Sunday morning will begin in the low-to-mid 20s.

Icy roads possible Sunday morning after refreezing overnight, quiet week ahead

<p>Happy Sunday. Our meteorologist Chris Michaels here in the weather center and tracking some slick spots early in the morning, especially as you go north of I-85. But beyond that, temperatures kind of similar to yesterday. A lot of us making it into the low to mid-40s. Plenty of sunshine out there and a clear sky tonight along with a calm wind. So you notice by 8 p.m. already, temperatures are going to be dropping below freezing. Sign of things to come. Heading into Monday morning, another cold and calm night with Roxborough South Hill at 23. You see a lot of 26s across the board from Durham to Goldsboro, from Raleigh to Clinton. Now as we head into Monday, there is a storm system that's trying to get going, but it's really not going to materialize. The reason for that is you have kind of the northern half and the southern half of the jet stream, and they're just not really. Connected with one another, so we're not going to be seeing any kind of wintry precipitation, but we will be turning colder because that northern half of the jet stream becomes the more dominant, and that's going to help to usher in some of the Arctic air, especially Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Tuesday morning could see some wind chills in the teens from Raleigh northward. A lot of us are going to see wind chills in the teens, even some single digits, uh, heading into Wednesday morning. National Weather Service says that a cold weather advisory might be needed, and you may have noticed that last week. This is sort of a new product, right? Like they, they got rid of the wind chill advisories, wind chill warnings, things like that, and they replaced it with these cold weather advisories and warnings just because cold can be dangerous without wind. Meanwhile, the cold is going to retreat as we. Head into the upcoming weekend. Another storm system is going to develop. It's going to grab some moisture from the south, but that's mainly going to be a rainmaker for us as we head into Saturday. So for today, 45 to high, tomorrow 52. Then beyond that uh little bit of a system that pushes through, we're going to turn much colder. High temperatures in the upper 30s by Wednesday, but we're back in the 50s heading into next weekend.</p>

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