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Friday will have clear skies and chilly temperatures before a system in the tropics will bring rain and gusts to the Triangle on Saturday.



<b>RALEIGH, N.C.</b> — Friday will have clear skies and chilly temperatures before a system in the tropics will bring rain and gusts to the Triangle on Saturday.

Potential Tropical Cyclone #16 is in the Gulf of Mexico moving northeast at 14 mph. It’s expected to become a sub-tropical or tropical storm by Friday afternoon, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said.

The WRAL Severe Weather team is tracking the tropics daily throughout hurricane season with the latest on storm tracks, expected impacts and safety at the coast.
For the latest forecast, tune in to the WRAL News on TV or anywhere you stream.

I'm meteorologist Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center here with your last tropical update of the year. Congratulations. We've made it now officially to the end of hurricane season. When you look back at the data. This is the fourth most named storms on record. Pretty remarkable that we saw that this year given that we were in a El Nino and typically it's less active in the tropics during an El Nino. But with record warm sea surface temperatures, we were able to counteract that the next hurricane season begins June 1st in 2024. So we've got to wait until then. We saw 20 named storms this year. Tropical storms, I should say 19 were named. We had one in January, a subtropical storm that was never named. So we were above average there but the amount of hurricanes and major hurricanes was right on par with average for the year. No tropical activity is expected for the next seven days. This is your last tropical update of the year. Have a good night.

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2023 Atlantic hurricane season update

Temperatures will reach 66 degrees on Friday before dipping into the low 40s overnight.

The tropical system is expected to move over North Carolina on Saturday and into Sunday.

Real-time hurricane tracking and updates on tropical storms. Plus, learn what to do after a hurricane makes landfall. 

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Tracking the Tropics

“Most of Saturday’s going to feel fine,” Gardner said. Skies will be partly cloudy, and temperatures will reach 69 degrees.

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Current Temperatures, DMA

Rain is expected to move into the Sandhills early Saturday evening and into the Triangle by 8 or 9 p.m.

Heavier rain will pick up overnight and into Sunday morning, and wind gusts could reach 35 mph.

Sunday wind gusts

Showers will begin tapering off by late Sunday morning, and skies will clear by the afternoon.

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Friday's pleasant before tropical system moves over NC this weekend

Tropical system's track

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