NC weather forecast: Arctic blast arrives, feels like temps to drop below 0

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A blast of arctic chilly and gusty wind are lastly upon central North Carolina.

Temperatures have been close to 50 levels at 5 a.m. Friday with some patchy drizzle and fog lingering across the area, however a chilly entrance is now pushing by way of and convey bone-chilling temperatures.

Temperatures dropped 12 levels in Raleigh from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., and it isn’t over but.

Along with the chilly temperatures, harmful wind gusts are anticipated all through the day. The wind gusts may attain as much as 50 mile per hour, which is why the danger for energy outages is larger than standard at this time.

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A wind and wind chill advisory is in impact for your complete area. Between 8 – 10 a.m. the wind chill will drop from the 40s into the teenagers. Then by mid-afternoon, it would proceed to drop down into the only digits. Lastly — and unbelievably — by Friday evening the wind chill will make it really feel like it’s under 0 levels exterior.

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These unusually chilly temperatures will dangle round by way of the weekend. Temperatures is not going to rise above 30 on Christmas Eve. Sunday brings barely hotter climate, however nonetheless temps is not going to rise above the mid 30s.

Subsequent week highs stay within the 40s, however subsequent weekend will convey temps again into the 50s and the beginning of 2023 may see highs into the 60s.

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