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WATCH: Overnight rain chance west, Sunday storms possible

WATCH: Overnight rain chance west, Sunday storms possible
JUST DOWNRIGHT MEAN. PEOPLE COME KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. WE GOT HOLIDAY SHOPPING TO GET DONE TOMORROW IN THE CLEAR. WE’LL GET A LITTLE RAIN IN THE AREA, TOO, AS WE WARM AGAIN TODAY. WE HAD SEVERAL AREAS HAD 82. WOW. NOVEMBER IN NOVEMBER. NOT QUITE A RECORD HIGH, BUT GOT CLOSE. AND WE’RE GOING TO BE CLOSER OVER THESE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 80 DEGREES IS A HIGH IN BURLINGTON, IN DANVILLE, REIDSVILLE AND IN LEXINGTON, OFFICIALLY 79 DEGREES AT PTI AIRPORT. WOW. DID FEEL WARM OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY THAT LATE DAY SUNSHINE. THE HIGH COMPARED TO THE NORM. 13 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. NORMAL LOW IS 42 HOUR. LOW TEMPERATURE, THOUGH SO FAR IS AT 63. AND WE STILL HAVE A FEW HOURS TO COOL THINGS DOWN. IT’S JUST NOT GOING TO GET THAT COOL THAT QUICKLY. WARM AIR IS SURGING IN AHEAD OF OUR FRONTAL BOUNDARY. TRY IT IS HERE. FOOTHILLS IS CAUGHT THE BULK OF THE RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IT WAS MOSTLY IN THE MOUNTAINS SINCE MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. PLACES LIKE BOONE HAD PERSISTENT RAINS THAT TOTALED OVER AN INCH. THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN, SORT OF. THERE’S STILL SOME PATCHY SHOWERS, STILL MORE ENERGY COMING OUT OF THE SOUTH AND WEST WILL HELP FEED THE GROWING RAIN THREAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT. IT WILL START TO INCREASE FOR THE TRIAD BY EARLY TOMORROW. AND THAT WILL BE OUR BEST RAIN CHANCE. SUNDAY IS NOT A TOTAL WASHOUT, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE TRIAD RAIN CHANCES ARE LIKELY AND WE’LL HAVE SOME IMPACT WINDOWS AS WE HEAD INTO THE THE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW. CHILLY AIR BEHIND OUR FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE PRIMARILY IN THE FIFTIES. WE’RE STILL SITTING AT 70 RIGHT NOW AT PTI AIRPORT. VERY MILD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 72 IN FAYETTEVILLE, 68 IN GREENVILLE. MOST TRY AS TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING IN THE 70 OR SO WARM OUTSIDE. IF YOU’VE GOT, I DON’T KNOW, MEAT AND A FRIEND FOR A DRINK THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THE SEVENTIES. I DON’T THINK YOU’RE GONNA NEED THAT JACKET. KEEP AN UMBRELLA CLOSE AT HAND. YOU CERTAINLY MIGHT NEED ONE FOR THE TRIAD. TEMPERATURES UP IN THE MID SEVENTIES FOR TOMORROW. THE THINKING IS WE’LL HAVE MORE CLOUD COVER AND A BETTER RAIN CHANCE. TEMPS WILL COME DOWN FROM WHERE THEY WERE TODAY. BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. GOT MORE SUN THAN WAS EXPECTED AND THAT’S WHY WE SAW THOSE TEMPERATURES SOAR. KIND OF A 30% RAIN CHANCE ACROSS THE BOARD. I’M NOT GOING TO GET TOO CUTE WITH TRYING TO TIME THESE THINGS OUT. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THE EARLIER PART OF THE DAY IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN OUR WESTERN COUNTIES, MORE OF A MID DAY, EARLY AFTERNOON RAIN THREAT. I THINK FOR THE BULK OF THE TRI. BUT EVEN THEN IT’S GOING TO BE MORE LIMITED THAN IT IS ACROSS MANY OF OUR WESTERN COUNTIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING IMPACT WINDOW THROUGH LATE MORNING AND THEN IT TAPERS OFF PRETTY QUICKLY WHILE THE HIGH OF AROUND 63 IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS HIGH AN ILLUSTRATION OF HOW THIS MAY UNFOLD. NOTICE WESTERN HALF WILL HAVE RAIN AROUND, PERHAPS SOME THUNDER EARLY TOMORROW. AND THEN THAT LINE STARTS TO EASE EASTWARD. SO THINGS SETTLE DOWN TOMORROW. IT’S WARM AGAIN. IN FACT, WE COULD SEE A RECORD HIGH GET TIED OR EVEN FALL FROM MONDAY IF WE GET TO 78 DEGREES OR BETTER. DIDN’T QUITE GET THERE TODAY. RECORDS WERE IN THE EIGHTIES. ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY. IT’S GOING TO BE COOLER. WE HAVE A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE IN THE MORNING. DURING T
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WATCH: Overnight rain chance west, Sunday storms possible
Unseasonably warm with rain chances continue through Sunday. Cooler by Tuesday. Substantial rain possible later in the week.

Unseasonably warm with rain chances continue through Sunday. Cooler by Tuesday. Substantial rain possible later in the week.

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