Partly Cloudy, Not as Cold Today

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- After another below freezing start to the morning across the Triangle, highs will rebound today into the low-to-mid 50s underneath cloudier skies to start giving way to more sun in the afternoon. With a broad area of high pressure to our south, winds will be slightly from the SW today, supporting this brief warmup.

Starting off the week tomorrow, winds will shift back northwesterly with continued upper level trough. Canadian high pressure over the Great Plains will begin to sink southeastward, bringing another bout of colder air with it. Highs will drop back into the mid 40s despite sunny skies, and heights aloft will begin to slightly decrease.

Much of the same into the midweek, as highs remain in the mid-to-upper 40s with generally sunny skies, well below our historical average high in the upper 50s this time of year. Overnight lows will continuously drop down into the 20s each night under clear skies, and a low of 21 Tuesday night would be our coldest recorded temperature since January 22nd.

By Wednesday, temperatures will begin to increase as the high moves to our south and a southwest wind redevelops. An Alberta clipper will move into the Great Lakes region on Wednesday, but any precipitation from this storm will stay well to our north, continuing our dry weather.

Highs will briefly resurge back to near historical average in the mid to upper 50s on Thursday as warmer air gets pushed in with this clipper, but another strong Canadian high will quickly move in to close the week, brining a return to highs in the mid 40s into the weekend.

In the long term, there is some signal for an eventual breakdown of the western ridging leading to a more potent trough across the central and eastern CONUS by early next week, which may finally bring us some precipitation, but model discrepancy is high this far out.

Have a great day!

Steve Stewart