In terms of temperatures, central North Carolina could experience a bizarre weekend.
A frost advisory has been issued for Wake, Orange, Johnston and several other central North Carolina counties from 4 a.m. until 9 a.m. Friday.
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The Triangle will taste both spring and winter over the next 72 hours, as temperatures whiplash from warm 70s to close to freezing, WRAL Chief Meteorologist Greg Fishel said.
Friday warms up all the way to 73 degrees, and the early hours of Saturday will be warm as well.
"Friday will be really nice during the day," Fishel said. "But that won't stick around."
"Don't be fooled," WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said. "Saturday will be nice in the morning, but downright frigid by late afternoon."
A cold front moving through North Carolina Saturday will send temperatures crashing – from the 60s in the Triangle around lunchtime to near freezing by about 5 p.m.
"We're going to have a very, very quick and dramatic drop in our temperatures in the Triangle during the day Saturday," Gardner said.
All the while, there is a chance of a chilly rain. Showers will begin around noon in the Triangle and will intensify into the evening.
"By the time we get to Saturday, there will be a fair amount of rain in the Triangle," Fishel said. "The cool air will really be coming in my early afternoon."
Along the Virginia border, there is a chance that some of that precipitation could take the form of wet snow. "It could accumulate on grass, but this is not likely anything that causes any travel problems," Gardner said.
Farther north, Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C., could see measurable snow through Saturday night.
Sunday will start out near freezing for those gathered in downtown Raleigh for the Rock 'n' Roll half-marathon. The rain will have moved out of the area.
"It'll be chilly, but at least it won't be precipitating," Fishel said.
The rest of Sunday stays dry and cool before rain chances return for Monday.
"There's another chance of rain on Monday, and then maybe we can get back to more normal scenarios by the middle of next week," Fishel said.