Cold, possible flurries in forecast
"It is going to really feel like winter around here, despite the fact that the season doesn't officially start for another month," WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel said.
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Most parts of the Triangle will wake up to temperatures below freezing, and the whipping wind will keep it feeling unseasonably cool for much of the day.
"A vigorous storm crossing the area during the morning hours in the upper atmosphere may produce the lift necessary to develop clouds and precipitation," Maze explained. He qualified that, however, by noting that storms that come from the northwest, as this system does, rarely generate enough moisture to produce snow.
Tuesday will be partly cloudy and very cool, with highs in the low 40s and winds gusting up to 25 mph.
The cold is here to stay, though. Thursday shapes up as the warmest day of the week, with a high in the mid-50s being forecast.
In anticipation of nights below freezing, staff and volunteers with the Durham Rescue Mission are touring areas known to be frequented by the homeless to offer transportation and shelter. The mission is open to men at 1201 E. Main St. Women and children may seek shelter at the Good Samaritan Inn, 507 E. Knox St.
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