Strong storms bring heavy rains, gusty winds across Central Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A strong cold front moved through the area Wednesday evening bringing strong wind gusts and heavy rains, causing some power outages.
Damaging winds were the main threat, as storms rolled in.
Some areas across the viewing area saw power outages due to gusty winds.
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Skies remained cloudy Tuesday night and with a warm air mass well entrenched in the area, overnight temps dropped very little, bottoming out in the upper 50s.
This sets the stage for a very warm day on Wednesday and despite very little, if any, sunshine, temperatures will reach the mid-70s. The record high tomorrow is 81, set in 2011 and if the sun were to break through the cloud cover for a few hours we could make a run at the 80-degree mark.
The cold front reaches the area Wednesday, and the latest hi-res model timing supports a late-afternoon thunderstorm with the actual frontal passage. We'll have all kinds of strong wind on both sides of the front, with gusts nearing 50 mph in spots before the gradient diminishes later Wednesday night.
The risk of severe weather in the Triangle is fairly low. If there is any severe weather it is likely to be in the form of damaging winds.
Showers linger into the early hours of Wednesday evening and then clouds hold through the remainder of the night.
Temperatures will plummet Wednesday evening and drop to near-freezing during the night.
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A trailing wave of low pressure is likely to bring us some rain Friday afternoon into Friday night, then Saturday will turn out dry and warmer.
