MARKETING GIMMICK. >>> CAT IS JOINING US NOW, WE'VE GOT A RAINY NEW YEAR'S EVE BUT WE ALL WANT TO RETURN TO THAT USUAL FIRST NIGHT CELEBRATION WHAT WE'VE GOT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. PERHAPS IT'S A GOOD THING WE DON'T HAVE THAT TONIGHT WITH THIS WEATHER. >> IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK OUT IN A GOOD FASHION, IT MAKES IT VERY TEMPTING TO JUST STAY HOME AND GO TO BED EARLY TONIGHT. WE ARE HOPING FOR NICER WEATHER IN THE DAYS AHEAD, THERE WILL BE SOME BUT WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT. THIS WEEKEND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO END UP WITH SOME PERIODS OF DRY WEATHER. THE BEST CHANCE OF THAT WOULD BE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THIS WEEKEND, I THINK MOST OF THE REIGN OF THE WEEKEND WILL COME LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, BUT THE RAIN IS STILL LINGERING FOR NOW. WE HAVE RAIN MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF LEE COUNTY, WAKE COUNTY, STILL SEEING THE RAIN. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF RAIN LEFT IN ORANGE COUNTY AND DURHAM COUNTY BUT REALLY FROM WAKE COUNTY AND POINTS TO THE EAST WE ARE STILL SEEING A LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN. WE ARE STUCK IN THIS PATTERN AND IT'S A PATTERN FAIRLY UNIQUE TO NORTH CAROLINA THAT WE CALL COLD AIR DAMMING, HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH MEANS ALL THE COLD AIR POOLS AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS WITH A NORTH EASTERLY WIND WE WILL SEE TOMORROW, WE HAVE COAL AIR AT THE SURFACE WITH A LOT OF MOISTURE AND UP ABOVE THE AT AIR, HIGH IN THE ATMOSPHERE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PRETTY WARM TOMORROW BUT BECAUSE THE COLD AIR IS TRAPPED BENEATH THE WARMER AIR WE ARE GOING TO BE STUCK IN THIS PATTERN OF CLOUDY WEATHER, FOGGY WEATHER, AND RAINY WEATHER. OUR TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE 50s, FAIRLY MILD WITH THE RAIN STILL STICKING WITH US, BUT TOMORROW, CHECK OUT OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES, MID 50s CLOSER TO CLINTON, THAT'S OUR WARMEST SPOT BUT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A COOLER DAY TOMORROW WE HAVE A LESSER CHANCE OF STORMS SO WE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. IT'S CHILLY AND DREARY, RAINY AND FOGGY TOMORROW BUT LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES THIS WEEKEND, WE BREAK OUT OF OUR COLD AIR DAMMING PATTERN ON SATURDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO BE IN THE 60s, IS GOING TO DEPEND ON CLOUD COVER BUT REGARDLESS IT WILL BE NOTICEABLY WARMER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, A 20 PERCENT CHANCE FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS BUT A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT SO WE EXPECT AROUND OF WIDESPREAD RAIN THIS WEEKEND AND I THINK THE TIMING WILL WORK OUT THAT WE ARE DRY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS SO GOOD NEWS ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS TRYING TO GET EXERCISE IN. TEMPERATURES GO QUICKLY BUT THEY TUMBLE ONCE AGAIN HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK, LOTS OF SUNSHINE IN STORE NEXT WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50s AND LOW IS BACK IN THE 30s.