Wet Weekend at Times

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- In the short term, the region experienced "ineffective sunshine" today, and that will give way to what is expected to be the coldest night of the winter (so far) tonight, with temperatures down to 20 at RDU and easily deep into the teens in outlying areas. This is thanks to a cold area of high pressure, which will almost be directly overhead of the region which will lead to very light winds.

As the high moves off the coast, warmer weather can be expected tomorrow and Friday, thanks to a southwesterly flow. Temperatures each afternoon will break 50, and nighttime lows will steadily rise, as well.

Not much has changed to our forecast in regards to the next storm, expected to bring rain for much of Saturday. Rainfall will be around a quarter of an inch, give or take a tenth of an inch. Rain looks to arrive a few hours after sunrise on Saturday, and taper off before sunset. The wave of moisture can be followed up by another round of rain Sunday with a second wave along a front, but that will remain most likely to the east of the Triangle. Depending on when cold arrives, it's not out of the question someone in the viewing area can see a few snowflakes at the trail end of any possible rain on Sunday night, before the coldest air of the season arrives on Tuesday, and becomes more reinforced on Tuesday

and Wednesday. We may not get above freezing during the day, and drop deep into the teens at night.

With the cold expected to make it deep into the South, the storm track will shift toward the Gulf, and a likely storm riding along that boundary can make a turn up the East coast, or at least get close enough around the Tuesday night/Wedensday timeframe that we are worried for some wintry precipitation (but, there's still plenty of time for things to change drastically).

Have a great evening!

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