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Bands of heavy rain were moving across the area Thursday afternoon. The late afternoon will be drier, windy and mild, with highs ranging from the mid 60s to close to 70 degrees

WRAL Weather Alert Day: Rain pushing through NC, mild and breezy Thanksgiving on tap

<p>I'm wr a meteorologist. K Campbell here with your Thanksgiving forecast. There is the threat for a few storms that produce damaging wind. We've got that low and severe weather threat. So go ahead, secure your loose outdoor items. Just keep in mind that the storm threat is going to be more isolated. The bigger issue is just going to be the fact that we've got a quick band of heavy rain that's probably going to lead to some travel issues. The big update is that the timing is looking fast for the line of storms. It's pushed up about three hours between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. So let's take a look at that new timeline here on Futurecast 8 a.m. Nine AM. Can't rule out a couple of showers out there, but the bulk of the rain is going to be in the mountains at that point in time. As we look ahead though, we see this line of storms coming together 1011 o'clock in our western counties right around lunchtime in Wake County. So right around the noon hour and then as we move forward in time areas east of Raleigh should see the bulk of these storms from noon through about three o'clock. But by three o'clock, the storms look like they're probably going to be east of us moving closer to the coast through 3 to 6 o'clock. After that, we're dry for the rest of the night. The clouds a bit slower to clear, but we'll watch to see if any of those storms could become severe with that potential for, you know, some energy and temperatures in the sixties. Not for long though. And chill is on the way. Check this out as we get into the weekend. We are really going to cool down. Our high temperature Friday 5549 is the high Saturday. 51 Sunday looks pretty dry this weekend. Just a 20% chance of a Sprinkle Sunday. The lows are where you're really going to notice the chill though. 29 Saturday morning, 26 Monday morning and the coldest morning looks like it will be Tuesday 20 three degrees. Not bad. Uh, not much different Wednesday either though. We're gonna be in the mid twenties Wednesday morning as well. So we've got a lot of cold air to come. Enjoy those upper sixties tomorrow before the rain and storms hit. Just keep in mind it's not a washout Thanksgiving. It's just a couple of hours of storms midday and then they clear out for most of the seven day forecast. No moisture to really collide with all that cold air out there. So, snow lovers. So you're gonna have to wait a bit longer.</p>

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