Shaping up to be a warm Easter weekend

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- First Alert-Frost Potential Thursday AM: A Frost Advisory is in effect until 9am for the following NC Counties: Person-Granville-Vance- Alamance-Orange-Durham-Chatham-Moore-Lee. Temperatures may drop as low as the mid to upper 30s and result in patchy frost formation. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. Pollen levels will be high this weekend.

Good morning! An extremely quiet stretch continues through the weekend and a big warm up is on the way for the Easter holiday weekend.

It's a chillier start to the morning with lows ranging from the mid 30s to mid 40s. High pressure overhead will slowly begin to move east throughout the day, setting the stage for the nice warmth to follow. Highs will be in the low to mid 70s. We'll see a few passing clouds overnight. It won't be as chilly with lows in the mid 40s to low 50s.

Highs will top out in the low 80s Friday, with weekend temps climbing higher. Highs will top out in the upper 80s for Saturday, with some blow-off high clouds from a storm over the South the only reason that we're not (yet) looking at highs closer to 90 instead.

With that high still near or to the west of Bermuda on Sunday, only additional layers of clouds arriving through the day will stop the streak of warmer days. Only a stray shower will be possible Easter Sunday with highs in the mid 80s.

The next cold front is forecast to move into western NC Monday, with just a slight chance of a shower and spotty storm here Monday afternoon/night. The front is forecast to move closer into Tuesday and Wednesday, increasing rain chances into midweek. Highs will be in the upper 70s to low 80s.

Have a great day!
Kweilyn