Triangle Weather - Local Forecasts and Radar from WRAL.com

42 counties are now under advisories, watches, or warnings.

Friday

Mostly cloudy skies this morning with thunderstorms possible, then partly cloudy, windy and warm this afternoon. Highs in the lower-mid 80s. Our storm system and attending cold front move through the area this morning. We do have the chance for showers and storms for the start of the day, but this afternoon the rain chance should shift eastward over the Coastal Plain and coastal areas of the state. Some of the storms through 9am could become severe. Wind: W, 10-20 mph.

Saturday

Partly cloudy and pleasant. Highs in the upper 70s-80. An isolated shower is possible, but most of the area will remain dry. Wind: NW, 5-10 mph.

Sunday

Mostly cloudy with showers and storms likely. Wind: SW, 5-10 mph.

Monday

Mostly cloudy and mild. Wind: NE, 5-10 mph.

Tuesday

A cool start, then sunny and pleasant. Wind: N, 5 mph.

Wednesday

Increasing clouds and pleasant. Wind: S, 10-15 mph.

Thursday

Partly cloudy. Wind: S, 10-15 mph.

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Drought-busting rainfall heads east; Stormy Mother’s Day ahead
Thursday night’s harsh storms, which killed one person and injured three others, pushed out of the Triangle Friday morning. The skies began to clear, but a “stormy” Mother’s Day is ahead.
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Storm spares Triangle; twister reports in Forsyth, Guilford
A storm system that had threatened the Triangle moved off into Virginia early today, but not before pounding the Triad area.
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Little change in drought
1. Updated May. 8 1:39 p.m.
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Official: UN plane lands in Myanmar with aid after cyclone
1. Updated May. 8 12:22 p.m.
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Severe storms strike Southeast, damages Miss. mall
1. Posted May. 8 12:16 p.m.
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Question: I was reading about "whippoorwill storms," and wondered where these would occur and how the name arose.

Answer: That was a new term for us, but it is defined in the Glossary of Meteorology as the first bad or stormy weather in spring after a period of warm weather. No further etymology is given there regarding origins of the term or where it might be commonly used. It may have arisen due to a warm spell in spring being a favored time of year for beginning to notice whippoorwills calling in the evening.

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