Chilly Mornings

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Our forecast remains largely unchanged from this morning. In the short term, chillier-than-average weather will continue into tonight, as the mercury dips into the 20s for all.

A modest rebound in 850 mb temperatures tomorrow will result in the mercury at least getting back to near average for mid-December, in the mid-50s during the day, and mid-30s at night. Compared to today, there will be a general increase in high cloudiness, as well, as tentacles from storminess in the nation's midsection reaches east into the start of the weekend.

The next opportunity for rain is not a very good one later in the weekend, as a midwestern storm tries to move east but runs up against a strong area of high pressure over the Northeast. We refined the forecast to allow for a shower chance north and west of the Triangle in the afternoon and evening, as modeling seems to agree nothing will make it to the Triangle. What will make it is a few days of warmer air beginning Monday, with temperatures about 10 degrees above historical averages in the mid-60s.

Another chance for rain will come Tuesday, as a cold front approaches from the west. With the best energy and moisture expected to remain well to the north, this should amount to nothing more than a shower or two for most. In its wake, temperatures will fall back some by the middle of the new week, as a modified Canadian air mass makes its way south and east.

Have a great evening!

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