Colder Air Moves In

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A dry, chilly weather pattern will be the rule through the Carolinas over the next 6-10 days. This means the drought conditions which are now abnormally dry to moderate will continue or worsen a bit.

There will not be much cloud cover over the next 36 hours with high pressure in control. Perhaps just a bit more cloudiness enters the conversation for Sunday with slightly lower heights, but still a fair amount of sunshine is expected.

Under clear skies tonight, there will be a frost and hard freeze across the area and tomorrow night may be even colder. Temps tonight through tomorrow night will be solidly below the historical normal high of 59 and the normal historical low of of 37.

Sunday afternoon will be a little milder, just ahead of an approaching cold front.

The overall pattern to start next week looks cold and sunny, as upper heights continue to lower with the overall troughiness dipping south a bit, but dry air also hanging on to keep the skies clear. Highs likely fail to make it out of the 40s on Monday and Tuesday, perhaps even Wednesday as well. Temperatures may briefly reach the upper 50s (near normal) Thursday afternoon, but will trend colder again Friday as a chilly northwest flow returns.

Have a great weekend!

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