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Quick shower chance Tuesday late. Elevated Fire Danger in North Carolina

Low Shower chance Tuesday late

Quick shower chance Tuesday late. Elevated Fire Danger in North Carolina

Low Shower chance Tuesday late

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      POINT. IT’S RAINING. IT IS NICE. AND KENNY, YOU METIONED IT EARLIER, IS THE LAST, WHAT, SEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH OF MARCH? SO FLYING. YEAH. SO WRAPPING UP HERE REALLY QUICK. WE’VE SEEN SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE THIS EVENING. REALLY? SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LITTLE LINE THAT KIND OF BUILT UP OUT OF CONCORD AND UP THROUGH AREAS OF SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY INTO RANDOLPH COUNTY, TOO. AND THERE’S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RAIN THAT’S LEFT AS THE FRONT. VERY SLOW MOVER PUSHES ON OFF TO THE EAST. BUT NOW SOME DRIER AIR IS PUSHED IN BEHIND. MOST OF THIS MOISTURE. RAINFALL TOTALS TODAY A LITTLE MORE IMPRESSIVE IN SOME SPOTS THAN OTHERS, LIKE AROUND RANDOLPH COUNTY, WHERE THEY HAD A LITTLE MORE THAN A 10TH OF AN INCH, 2/10 OF AN INCH UP AROUND WINSTON-SALEM, ABOUT A 10TH OF AN INCH IN DAVIDSON COUNTY AND ALAMANCE COUNTY HAD SOME DECENT RAINS TODAY. MUCH MORE SPARSE BACK UP OVER THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES FOR THE RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. 40S UP THERE AT THE MOUNTAIN COUNTIES AT THE MOMENT. 50S HERE IN THE PIEDMONT, 58 IN WINSTON-SALEM AND REIDSVILLE AND 57 IN LEXINGTON. WIND SPEEDS THERE UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, FIVE TEN MILES PER HOUR OUT OF THE WEST SOUTHWEST. MUCH GUSTIER UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, 17 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS, BUT 25 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES UP AROUND WATAUGA COUNTY. AND LOOK AT THESE DEW POINT NUMBERS. OF COURSE, REMEMBER THE LOWER THE NUMBER ON THE THE TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TELLS YOU HOW DRY THE AIR IS. MUCH MORE MOIST AIR OFF OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM THE TRIANGLE FAYETTEVILLE AND EAST. AND THEN DRIER AIR IS NOW STARTING TO PUSH IN BEHIND THAT FRONT, WHERE THE DEW POINT NUMBERS ARE INTO THE 30S. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES PRETTY LOW TO A FIRE. WEATHER DANGER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. STILL, FOR THE WESTERN PIEDMONT AND THE TRIAD, THIS VERY HIGH CATEGORY AND HIGH CATEGORY FOR BACK UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE FOOTHILLS FOR THE DAY ON TUESDAY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY REMAIN THAT WAY AS WE GO IN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, IS WE DON’T EXPECT A WHOLE LOT OF RAINFALL, 1.78IN OF RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH SO FAR. THAT’S ABOUT AN INCH BELOW NORMAL, AND WE’RE A LITTLE OVER AN INCH BELOW NORMAL FOR THE YEAR SO FAR. SINCE JANUARY, THE FIRST HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY REALLY CAME LATE IN THE DAY. IT WAS AFTER THREE 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON THAT WE SAW SOME OF OUR WARMEST READINGS, 67 WINSTON-SALEM AND LEXINGTON 65 IN GREENSBORO, 63 IN BURLINGTON, WHERE THE CLOUDS HANG ON A LITTLE BIT, HUNG ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER THIS AFTERNOON, AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S UP OVER THE FOOTHILLS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. LATE DAY SHOWER RISK FOR TOMORROW. BREEZY 60S. AND THEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE DRY. WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. WEDNESDAY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A COOLER DAY AND WE’LL START TO WARM UP ON THURSDAY AND THEN FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. REALLY WARMING UP THIS WEEKEND WE COULD SEE TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 70S. YOU SEE THIS FRONT. IT HAS MOVED SLOWLY ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. IT IS NOT A FAST MOVER AT ALL. GOT WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THAT. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS LITTLE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT’S GOING TO WORK ALONG OVER THE VIRGINIA COUNTIES A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TOMORROW. THAT WILL GIVE US THAT CHANCE FOR A SHOWER, PROBABLY AFTER 2 OR 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE SO AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THIS PARTICULAR MODEL WE WERE LOOKING AT EARLIER LOOKED A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT MORE VIGOROUS WITH SOME OF THE RAINS. THIS IS TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 40S. THEN AS WE GET ON INTO THE AFTERNOON WE GET INTO THE UPPER 60S, CLOSE TO 70. IT HAD ALREADY PAINTED SOME SHOWERS ON IT EARLIER, BUT NOW IT’S KIND OF CHANGED ITS MIND. GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE IN IT SO WE DON’T SEE AS MUCH RAIN IN HERE FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW UNTIL IT GETS ON DOWN EAST, THAT LITTLE SYSTEM WILL BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE SHOWER ACTIVITY DOWN THERE. MID 40S TOMORROW MORNING TO START OUT UPPER 60S, AND WE’LL KEEP IN A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY, 5 TO 7:00. SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIME FRAME. SAME THING IN THE FOOTHILLS. SOME MIXED SUNSHINE. UPPER 60S IN THE MOUNTAINS TOMORROW. UPPER 50S. A CHANCE FOR SOME LATE DAY SHOWERS POSSIBLE AND MUCH WINDIER IN THE MOUNTAINS TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO. DON’T EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL. MAYBE A 10TH OF AN INCH AT MOST. MOST LIKELY JUST A TRACE ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW, AND NOT EVERYBODY WILL SEE IT. THEN WE’RE COOLER ON WEDNESDAY, MID 60S, UPPER 60S, THURSDAY. AND THEN HERE WE GO. IN THE 70S, CLOSE T
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      Quick shower chance Tuesday late. Elevated Fire Danger in North Carolina

      Low Shower chance Tuesday late

      Quick shower chance Tuesday late. Dry rest of week.

      Quick shower chance Tuesday late. Dry rest of week.

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