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WATCH: Temps are still on the rise, limited weekend rain

WATCH: Temps are still on the rise, limited weekend rain
THROUGH MARCH 25TH. AND DAVE, IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTSIDE. WE’RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE WORKWEEK AND WE HAVE THAT SUNSHINE. TO ACCOMPANY US. WE DO, AND IT’S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. WE’RE GOING TO SEE A COUPLE OF MORE WARM DAYS AND SUNNY DAYS OUT THERE UNTIL WE GET ON INTO, WELL, MAYBE FRIDAY WE’LL HAVE A FEW CLOUDS IN HERE, MIGHT BRING US A SHOWER OR TWO. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, RESPONDING QUITE NICELY TO THE DRY AND CONDITIONS AND THE SUNSHINE THAT’S OUT THERE. 61 IN MOCKSVILLE RIGHT NOW. ALREADY SOME 70 ON THE BOARD LIKE IN BURLINGTON. WE’RE AT 71 AND KING 73, ALSO IN WINSTONSALEM. STILL SOME 50S ON THE BOARD UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AROUND ALLEGHANY COUNTY. BOONE THERE AT 57 AT THIS HOUR, AND WE DON’T SEE ANY RAIN IN THE FORECAST TODAY OR TOMORROW, REALLY, WE’VE GOT ABOUT 2.5IN FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, A LITTLE OVER AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. AND FOR THE YEAR WE’RE ABOUT FOUR, ALMOST 4.25IN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE YEAR SO FAR. SO THE RAIN BUCKETS NOT DOING TOO BAD. HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE DRY CONDITIONS THAT ARE A LITTLE ELONGATED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME FOR A WEEK OR SO DOES UP OUR FIRE DANGER. JUST A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS WHERE THE HIGHER, HIGHER DANGER IS IN PLAY OVER THOSE COUNTIES. BACK OUT TO THE WEST OF THE TRIAD. POLLEN COUNTS TODAY IN THE LOW CATEGORIES. WE’RE GOING TO SLOWLY INCREASE AS WE GO INTO THE DAY TOMORROW. MAINLY FROM TREE POLLEN AND GRASS POLLEN. WEED POLLEN. USUALLY NOT AN ISSUE UNTIL WE REALLY GET INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. SO FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW, SUNNY FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE MID SPRING. AND AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND, WE’LL START TO INTRODUCE THE CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS SCATTERED ABOUT. AND THEN EARLY NEXT WEEK WE’RE GOING TO COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE SHOULD BE DRY AS WE GET INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BUT YOU’LL SEE IN THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST HOW THINGS WILL COOL JUST A BIT. TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON. I MEAN PERFECT. YOU COULDN’T ASK FOR A BETTER DAY OUT THERE. MAYBE A FEW HIGH CLOUDS IN AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL START OFF INTO THE 40S IN THE PIEDMONT AND THE FOOTHILLS, LOW 70S TODAY. DRY CONDITIONS AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TO ENJOY. AND IN THE MOUNTAINS, TEMPERATURES, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, A LITTLE BIT COOLER MID MID 60S, BUT SUNSHINE AND PLAY AS HIGH PRESSURE WORKS IN ACROSS THE AREA. A LITTLE TROUGH DOWN TO OUR EAST AND YOU CAN SEE THE SHOWERS THAT ARE DOWN OVER MISSISSIPPI. ALL OF THOSE KIND OF DRYING OUT A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN A FEW SHOWERS JUST OFF THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA THE NEXT BIT OF ENERGY WILL COME BACK OUT FROM THE PLAINS STATES. VERY SLOW MOVING SYSTEM. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO PUSH ON IN TOWARDS THE AREA AS WE GET ON INTO THE UPCOMING END OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND. IN JUST ANOTHER FEW DAYS OR SO, FORECAST HIGHS FOR TODAY, TOMORROW AND FRIDAY INTO THE MID 70S, UPPER 70S FOR THURSDAY. NOT. QUITE RECORD BREAKING, BUT THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE AS TO HOW WARM IT IS. BUT WE’RE NOT QUITE TO RECORD LEVELS. BUT CERTAINLY NICE OUT THERE AND WE’LL BE DRY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR TODAY. AND TOMORROW ANYWAY. THEN WE’LL SEE THAT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS IN HERE FRIDAY. AND EVEN THOSE CHANCES DON’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT. ABOUT 40%. WE’LL SEE HOW THAT COMES ABOUT. THIS IS FRIDAY MORNING. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS BACK OUT TO THE MOUNTAINS AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY. AND AS WE GET INTO. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW SPOTTY SPRINKLES AND SHOWERS, BUT EVEN THOSE ARE 40% 40% CHANCE AT BEST. AND THEN AS WE GET ON INTO THE WEEKEND, WE’LL KIND OF TAKE A BREAK. WE’LL BE DRY ON SATURDAY, AND THEN SUNDAY WILL INTRODUCE A CHANCE OF A STRAY SHOWER OR TWO FOR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY ON SUNDAY, BUT YOU SHOULD GET YOUR ACTIVITIES IN PRETTY GOOD IF YOU’RE CELEBRATING ON SUNDAY. SO THE WARM CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT LOOK AT MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT WEEK. WE DO COOL OFF TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT BELOW NORMAL ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, EXPECTED NOW IN THE 50S AND TUESDAY MORNING. COULD BE CHILLY, MIGHT BE DOWN NEAR F
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WATCH: Temps are still on the rise, limited weekend rain
WATCH: Temps are still on the rise, limited weekend rainSub-tropical high pressure will extend across the South Atlantic states ahead of a frontal zone that will settle into and waver over the Carolinas this weekend. A polar front will move across the region Sunday night and Monday, cooling us for early next week.

WATCH: Temps are still on the rise, limited weekend rain

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Sub-tropical high pressure will extend across the South Atlantic states ahead of a frontal zone that will settle into and waver over the Carolinas this weekend. A polar front will move across the region Sunday night and Monday, cooling us for early next week.