North Carolina Weather March 4 Evening - Cloudy

Good evening. North Carolina. I'm Aaron Jolly. Seventy-two degrees right now. In early March. That's not just warm. That's running about 49 degrees hotter than normal. The calendar might say winter, but the thermometer is clearly confused. In the next 24 hours. Here's the setup. A Bermuda high is pumping tropical air straight into the Carolinas. That means we're looking at near-record warmth through the weekend. Tonight stays unusually mild. The Triangle and Piedmont hold around 55 degrees. Even up in the mountains. Western North Carolina only dips to about 49 under partly cloudy skies. If you step outside tonight, catch the full moon rising through those thinning clouds. Tomorrow brings more of the same. The Triangle tops out near 79 degrees. The Piedmont reaches about 76. Western North Carolina climbs to 76 as well under mostly sunny skies. Just watch for patchy fog between 7 and 9 A.M. Around Raleigh and Durham. It should burn off quickly once the sun gets up. Looking ahead, this spring preview keeps going. Friday and Saturday both push toward 80 degrees. That's territory we'd normally see in late April. Rain chances creep up over the weekend as moisture builds. Sunday looks like the wettest day with showers and thunderstorms likely statewide. Monday keeps the rain around before we dry out Tuesday. The spring equinox is just two weeks away. But honestly? It feels like it's already here. We're gaining over two minutes of daylight every day now. Sunrise at 6:42 this morning. Sunset at 6:13 this evening. If you get a chance, just step outside and For the extended outlook, check the latest forecast as confidence improves. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.