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Biting, single-digit wind chills will last into Saturday morning

A stiff breeze could mix with the cold air on Friday to bring a biting wind chill that makes it feel like 0 degrees outside--or worse.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — The snow is gone, but teeth-chattering cold temperatures remain.
The snow storm that blanketed eastern North Carolina on Wednesday night and closed schools Thursday and Friday has moved north and away from the Tar Heel State, but a stiff breeze in its wake could mix with the cold air on Friday to bring a biting wind chill that makes it feel like 0 degrees outside—or worse.

"We do have that wind chill advisory to deal with for tonight through 10 a.m. tomorrow," said WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner. "Wind chill values at minus-5 to 5 (degrees) in our entire viewing area.

"So, just be safe out there."

Wind chill values at noon were stuck in the mid-teens for cities around the Triangle and in the low-20s for cities farther to the south, like Fayetteville and Clinton. Actual temperatures were a bit higher—breaking into the mid-20s around Raleigh and the low-30s in Cumberland County.
Current Temperatures, DMA
Friday won't be the end of it, either.

The single-digit wind chills will return Friday night and into Saturday morning, potentially knocking northern towns like Roxboro and Henderson into sub-zero temperatures.

"Tomorrow even at lunch time, we're still looking at the potential for some single digits before we're back into the mid-teens," Gardner said. "It's just going to be bitterly cold here all day today and tomorrow."

Wind chill advisories covered much of North Carolina, included all of the counties from the Triangle to the coast.

Despite the frigid air, though, we won't break any records. The record low temperature at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for Friday is 6 degrees.
The long cold spell could break a three-decades-old record for hours spent below freezing, Gardner said. The record, set in 1982, is 159 hours, but the current streak could extend beyond that.
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