Our experts on parenting, frugal living and the best that the Triangle has to offer have scoured their sources and shopped the stores (and the internet) for the best suggestions for your holiday giving. No matter the age or interest, you'll find gift ideas here.

WRAL 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

Health care experts from the NC Navigator Consortium answered questions about who is eligible under Medicaid expansion, what it covers, how to apply and much more Tuesday afternoon.  

Medicaid and more: Navigators answer questions to get you the best health coverage

Medicaid call-in Dec. 5, 2023

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Saturday was the culmination of the Clear the Shelters campaign. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell was at the Wake Couty SPCA with all the dogs and cats available for adoption with discounted adoption fees.

04:30AM. HERE ON WRAL'S MORNING NEWS. LOOK RIGHT THERE. WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED. WE'RE READY TO GO. WELL, TODAY HAS BEEN OUR BIG DAY OF AN EVENT WRAPPING UP THE MONTHS-LONG CLEAR THE SHELTERS CAMPAIGN 7 OF OUR LOCAL SHELTERS ARE OFFERING DISCOUNTS AND SPECIALS TO HELP YOU BRING THAT NEXT. BEST FRIEND ON HOME. BRING THEM ON ALL WRAL. METEOROLOGIST KAT CAMPBELL SHOWS US WHO'S BEEN WAITING FOR A HOME AT THE SPCA OF WAKE COUNTY. &gt;&gt; OVER 300 ADOPTED AND STILL 176 WE FACE IS TO GO TO HELP WRAL, CLEAR THE SHELTERS. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS AND THEN HE TOLD ME THIS MORNING HE SAID THEY GOT THE CLEAR THE SHELTERS. WILL CISCO ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE GET TO THE SPCA OF WAKE COUNTY IS FULL OF YOUNG PUPPIES AND KITTENS TODAY AND OLDER ONES THAT ARE YOUNG AT HEART. SO YOUNG AND PLAYFUL THAT WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THE VIDEO FOR THE STORIES WE STILL HAVE TIME TO EXPAND HER FAMILY ADOPTIONS ARE HALF OFF THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH. &gt;&gt; HAHA, I'M KAT CAMPBELL.

Save on animal adoptions at Wake County SPCA

A 10-year-old fan sent WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell a sweet letter -- so Kat surprised her during a tour of the set! Watch the surprise. 

Hey, everyone. I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell. I just received a very special letter from a future scientist and I wanted to do something special for her. So I invited fifth grader Nora Bell and her parents to W R L to tour the weather center. But first I wanted to surprise her and I would say it was the success. She's coming. 321. Hi. Oh.

Big surprise! Kat Campbell surprises a 10-year-old fan 

On Day 4 of her Epic Iceland Adventure, WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell reports live from Hella, Iceland, where she explains horses there are different than those in the U.S.

RALEIGH LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RUN. THANKS, BRIAN. &gt;&gt; OUR TEAM IS NOW IN ITS 4TH DAY AND THAT OF ADVENTURES IN ICELAND AFTER TAKING THE INAUGURAL, ICELAND AIR NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM RDU TO REYKJAVIK. KAT CAMPBELL JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM HELLO WHERE IT IS AFTER 10 IN THE MORNING. KAT, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. OR IS HE SAYING ICELAND GOETHE AND DION AND WILL WE SEE YOU MADE A NEW FRIEND THIS MORNING. &gt;&gt; YEAH, THIS IS OUT THERE. AND THAT MEANS FIRE AND ICE LED, OF COURSE, AS OUR SPECIAL THERE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLE SMALLER THAN AMERICAN WORTH US. AND LOOK AT HIS MAIN. HE COULD BE IN A SHAMPOO COMMERCIAL. HE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. AND THEIR UNIQUE BECAUSE THEY HAVE 5 DIFFERENT GATE. SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF TRYING AND AND THE 4 GAIT PATTERN THAT THEY USE. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S SO SMOOTH AND I'M NOT TALENTED ENOUGH TO SHOW IT TO YOU ON LIVE TV RIGHT NOW. BUT IT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE WHAT THESE HORSES CAN DO. THEY'RE ALMOST LIKE PETS IN ICELAND. THEY ARE SO FRIENDLY. I HAVE A DOG LIKE PERSONALITIES. I JUST CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH. THEY'RE NICE HORSES THERE. BEAUTIFUL HORSES. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A HORSE RIDE THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE OF HELENA. TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE TEEN DEGREES CELSIUS. AND THAT'S 64 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND ONE OF THE COOLEST STATEMENTS THAT I MAY EVER SAY ON TV AS WE'RE ACTUALLY ON WALT WATCH TODAY. SO THERE WERE 4 EARTHQUAKES IN ICELAND YESTERDAY. ONE OF THEM WAS A MAGNITUDE 4.3 EARTHQUAKE AND THEY EXPECT UNTIL THE VOLCANO ERUPTS, THAT THERE WILL BE MORE AND MORE EARTHQUAKES GOING OFF. SO MY HOPE IS THAT THE VOLCANO ERUPTS AND I GET STUCK IN ICELAND. JUST MAYBE A LITTLE LONGER THAN WAS PLANNED. BUT MY BODY HERE, HE'S BEEN A HELP ME OUT WITH SOME WRITING. SO. LET'S GIVE IT A TRY. AND MY FRIEND CATHERINE, IS THAT SHE'S HELPING ME OUT HERE. WE BOTH GO BY CAT. LOOK AT THIS HORSE. I JUST CAN'T ASK FOR A BETTER MORNING WITH THE WEATHER. AND MY NEW FRIEND HERE IN OF, YOU KNOW, THE U.S. HAD I DO. YOU LOOK GOOD. BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A RIDE THERE. AND WE KNOW YOU'RE AN ANIMAL PERSON. SO GREAT TO SEE THAT YOU'RE MAKING. &gt;&gt; FRIENDS WITH THE ANIMALS IN ICELAND COUNTY. WANT TO ASK YOU QUICKLY, WHAT'S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PEOPLE IN ICELAND, A FRIENDLY TOWARD TOURISTS. &gt;&gt; THEY ARE SO FRIENDLY TOWARD TOURIST. AND I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT THEN THEN EUROPE PLACES I VISITED. YOU KNOW, CATHERINE, HERE IS IN A BEAUTIFUL ICELANDIC. WILL SWEATER. I BOUGHT ONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE GOING AROUND FRANCE AND WEARING ABRE WHERE PEOPLE MAY KIND OF ROLL THEIR EYES AT YOU. I MEAN, IT'S WHAT PEOPLE HEAR WHERE SO I BOUGHT AN ICELANDIC SWEATER. I GOT TO COVER UP WITH A JACKET TODAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BEEN SO FRIENDLY TO US. WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME AND WE'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE FROM NORTH CAROLINA. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL A NORTH CAROLINIAN TO EARTH BECAUSE THEY'RE WEARING THEIR UNC ARE IN THE STATE ARE DUE SURE. SO THERE THEY KIND OF STAND OUT. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER U.S. SPORTS TEAMS. HAHA. &gt;&gt; ALL RIGHT. YOU AND CNN ARE COMMITTED TO REPRESENTATIVE THERE IN ICELAND. KAK, GREAT TALKING WITH YOU AND WE'LL HEAR FROM CAT AGAIN AHEAD AT 09:00AM WITH A LOOK AT A GUY'S OR YOU CAN ALSO WATCH FOR TONIGHT ON

Kat Campbell goes horseback riding in Iceland

Epic Iceland Adventure: WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell traveled to Iceland on Raleigh-Durham International Airport's first transatlantic in two years. Kat is now on the ground in Iceland to give live reports. 

YEAR-OLD PLAYED IN 10 NFL GAMES LAST SEASON. &gt;&gt; YOU CAN NOW FLY NONSTOP FROM RDU TO REYKJAVIK, ICELAND. METEOROLOGIST KAT CAMPBELL PROVED IT WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR WRAL NEWS TEAM THERE ON THAT FIRST FLIGHT. FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT TO LEAVE FROM RDU AND MORE THAN 2 YEARS. &gt;&gt; AND CAT IS NOW ON THE GROUND IN ICELAND JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING FROM A BIG ICONIC CHURCH IN REYKJAVIK. THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THAT COUNTRY KEPT. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. &gt;&gt; GOOD MORNING. IT'S ABOUT 10:00AM HERE IN REYKJAVIK. IT IS A GORGEOUS DAY. WE COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER WEATHER AND TEMPERATURES ABOUT 40 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. NOT TOO WINDY. WE'VE GOT THE SUNSHINE, ONE OF THE BIG MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ICE LANES IS JUST THE WEATHER. REALLY PEOPLE THINK IT'S A LOT COLDER THAN IT IS. BUT WE'RE SURROUNDED BY THE OCEAN HERE, THE GULF STREAM. AND THAT HELPS TO KEEP THIS CLIMATE QUITE MILD. NOW, I WANT TO SHOW YOU AROUND HERE. WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT VIEWS. THIS IS A CHURCH. HOW GROUNDS HERE? GUY AND I HAVE TO PRACTICE THAT PRONUNCIATION SEVERAL TIMES. THEY SAID IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR AN AMERICAN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SOUTHERN ACCENT. SO WE'LL GO WITH THAT. BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED FOR THE COUNTRY IS UP LANDSCAPING IN SOME OF THE NATURAL ROCK FORMATIONS HERE AND JUST IN FRONT OF THE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH HERE IS A LARGE STATUE THAT WAS ACTUALLY GIFTED TO ICELAND BY AMERICA. BEAUTIFUL STATUE IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH HERE AND OFTEN THE DISTANCE. IF YOU LOOK EVEN FARTHER, YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS. SO WE HAVE SO MANY COOL SITES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HERE IN ISLIP TODAY IS OUR CITY TOUR AROUND REYKJAVIK. BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SEEING THE LAGOONS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THE VOLCANOES. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE GLACIERS AND THE WATERFALL. SO SO MANY SITES TO SEE. WE'LL SHOW YOU AROUND REIKI THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY SOME OF THE FOOD THAT'S COMING UP ON THE NEWSCAST AT 09:00AM. THAT WILL BE JUST AFTER LUNCHTIME HERE. SO WE'LL REPORT BACK ON SOME OF THE FOOD THAT THEY HAVE HERE. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TESTED OUT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY AND THE COULTER AND ICELAND. GORGEOUS DAY TO CHECK IT OUT. &gt;&gt; AND THE FIGHT WAS ALL SMOOTH CAD. EVERYTHING WENT FINE WITH THAT FIRST INITIAL FLIGHT IS A LOT OF FOLKS ARE GOING WANT TO KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO GET OVER THERE FROM HERE IN RALEIGH. &gt;&gt; IT WAS A 6 HOUR FLIGHT EASY-BREEZY. YOU KNOW, WE GOT HERE. WE GOT OUR COFFEE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. WE'RE READY TO GO &gt;&gt; ALRIGHT, CANNOT WAIT. SO MANY DIFFERENT CLIMATES. TALK ABOUT THE VOLCANO'S 200 VOLCANOES RIGHT THERE IN ICE. AND THAT IS AWESOME. AND FOR THE NEXT WEEK, WRAL WILL BE IN ICELAND SHOWING YOU SOME INCREDIBLE PLACES TO VISIT. CAT IS GOING TO JOIN US AGAIN. AS YOU SAID, 9.15, OVER ON FOX. 50 AND THEN AT 6 TONIGHT, CHECK OUT CATS LIVE REPORTS ON THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL LIFE IN THE VERY HEART OF THAT CITY OF REYKJAVIK. SO GOOD TO KICK THIS

Reykavík tour nods to Nordic past, colorful culture of Iceland

WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell will be joined by a group of photographers and editors to give you a taste of Iceland, and hopefully inspire you to take a trip somewhere new!

FROM 11 THIS MORNING TO ONE THIS AFTERNOON. >> WELCOME ABOARD. FLIGHT 8.20, RDU TO RE HERE THAT THE FIRST EVER COMMERCIAL NONSTOP FLIGHT OVER IN ICELAND SET TO LAND TOMORROW MORNING AT ABOUT 06:30AM, THE FLIGHT ALL IN ALL 6 HOURS. WE'VE GOT THE JET STREAM HELPING US GET THERE QUICKLY. WE CAN'T WAIT ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW. A CITY TOUR AROUND REYKJAVIK. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU AROUND SOME OF THE CULTURE AND THE BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER. >> THEY'RE USING CAD AND FOR THE NEXT WEEK, WRAL WILL BE IN ICELAND SHOWING YOU SOME INCREDIBLE PLACES TO VISIT. KAT WILL JOIN US LIVE TOMORROW MORNING. IN OUR 6 O'CLOCK NEWS WITH A LOOK AT THE STRIKING LANDMARKS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF REYKJAVIK. AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 06:00PM CHECK OUT CATS LIVE REPORTS ON THE CULTURAL

WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell onboard first Icelandair flight departing RDU 

WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell discusses severe weather moving through Duplin, Wayne county and the effects it will have on the WRAL Viewing area. 

THE POWER OUTAGE. FORTUNATELY, NO INJURIES REPORTED. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN OUT THERE. CUT, IT IS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE AREA. >> THE EVENING COMMUTE IS GOING TO BE A MESSY ONE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN WAKE COUNTY AND IN THE RALEIGH AREA. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE SAME AREA THAT THE STORM TRACKER IS DRIVING THE RIGHT NOW WITH ALL OF THE HEAVY RAIN. IT IS THIS BAND OF RAIN HERE. THIS IS WHAT PROMPTED THE BLOOD ADVISORY AND WAKE COUNTY EARLIER. THAT SAME BAND OF HEAVY RAIN IS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST IT IS HEADING TOWARD DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, RIGHT IN THE HEAD -- HEAT OF THE COMMUTE. BE PATIENT. WE ARE ALSO TRACKING RAIN GOING INTO WILSON COUNTY AND WAYNE COUNTY. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE HEAVY POCKETS OF RAIN. LIGHTNING IS SHOWING UP. THIS WAS PRODUCING QUITE A BIT OF LIGHTNING EARLIER. LUCKILY, THE LIGHTNING HAS DIED DOWN. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING TO THE NORTH RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALSO KEEPING A LOOK ON A NEW TORNADO WARNING THAT JUST CAME IN. THIS IS FOR DUPLIN COUNTY PRACTICE OUTSIDE OF OUR VIEWING AREA. THIS TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:15 THIS EVENING. IT IS MOVING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR TO THE NORTH. THE SLOW-MOVING STORM. RADAR INDICATING ROTATION AND WALLACE, ROSE HILLS, KENANSVILLE . THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE AT RISK WITH THIS TORNADO WARNING. THIS IS JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OUR VIEWING AREA. WE ARE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THAT WARNING. IT IS MOVING AWAY FROM SOMETHING COUNTY RIGHT NOW. IT IS NOT MOVING TOWARD OUR VIEWING AREA. IT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT BECAUSE IN LONG-TERM, THIS COULD COME CLOSE TO GOLDSBORO -- EXCUSE ME, WAYNE COUNTY. WE ARE GOING TO WATCH IT. OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND ON, WE'VE GOT MORE RAIN ON THE WAY. SO FAR, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TODAY. ARE SWATH OF HEAVIER RAINFALL IS BETWEEN A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN FROM THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN. WE HAVE A SECONDARY STORM MOVING THROUGH WILSON COUNTY RIGHT NOW. THE STORM ALSO PRODUCED ANYWHERE FROM HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND HALF OF RAIN. THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED OUT ON THE RAIN JUST YET, MOORE IS COMING. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FROM RALEIGH TO THE NORTHWEST. WE ARE LOOKING AT AN INCH TO WHAT INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS IS SOME GOOD RAIN, MUCH NEEDED RAIN. ESPECIALLY WITH THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WE ARE UNDER. OUR BEST CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS IS GOING TO COME TOMORROW. THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE A 70% CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. RODDICK, A 50% CHANCE. AFTER THAT, RAIN CHANCES START TO GO DOWN JUST IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND. 30% SATURDAY. 20% ON SUNDAY. I WOULD RECOMMEND HOLDING OFF TOMORROW AND FRIDAY TO GET YARD WORK DONE. THE BEST BET IS TO GET THAT DONE EARLY NEXT WEEK. FUTURECAST TRACK IN THE RAIN. WE HAVE WIDESPREAD RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING, 70% CHANCE OF RAIN. OUR ENERGY GETS CLOSER TO BAR TO GENERATE MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS, STILL SITTING BY THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AS THE ENERGY STARTS TO MOVE AWAY FROM US, THE STORES BECOME MORE ISOLATED IN TIME FOR SATURDAY. 30% CHANCE OF RAIN AND STORMS ON SATURDAY. JUST 20% ON SUNDAY. IF YOU WANT TO PLAN SOMETHING

Torando Warning issued for Duplin county 

WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell and her four-legged friend Jazzy are enjoying Bark in the Park at Wednesday's Durham Bulls game. 

>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE THOUGH IT BEGINS TOMORROW AT 7:00 A.M.. >>> THE WEATHER AROUND HERE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS CAT CAMPBELL HAS A GIG OF THE DAY OUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT IS WARMING ALL OF OUR HEARTS. >> IT'S DOGS, BASEBALL AND PERFECT WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80s, DEW POINT IN THE 40s AND THERE'S NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY. THIS IS THE HOMESTAND AND WE'VE GOT GREAT WEATHER ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND IT WILL BE WARM BUT NOT TOO HUMID AND I PICKED UP ONE OF THESE, GERALD TOLD ME TO LOOK OUT FOR THE FOUL BALLS IN MY PHOTOJOURNALIST WAS ABLE TO GET TOO TO CHECK. 45 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS TO GO. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO ARRIVE AT HERE FROM BARK IN THE PARK AND THE DOGS ARE WELCOME TONIGHT. I WILL BE SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE DOGS AROUND THE STADIUM COMING UP A 7:00. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FORECAST. OUT HERE TONIGHT IT IS BEAUTIFUL. A LIVE LOOK AT THE ATHLETIC PARK WITH TEMPERATURE SITTING IN THE LOW 80s. REALLY COMFORTABLE WEATHER OUTSIDE AND FOR THE GAME WE EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80s, 73 BY 8:00 TONIGHT AND THE HOT WEATHER PATTERN IS HERE TO STAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE HAVE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT'S BUILDING IN EAST WITH LOW PRESSURE OFF TO THE WEST. COOLER WET WEATHER TO THE WEST AND HOT AND DRY WEATHER LINGERS FOR THE EAST COAST AND THIS WILL DRIVE TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE 90s THIS WEEK AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF THIS WEATHER PATTERN. HIGH PRESSURE BETWEEN TWO AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE SO THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER IS LIKELY TO LAST THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. THE GREAT NEWS HERE TONIGHT IS THE MUGGY METER, TWO POINTS ONLY IN THE 40s SO IT FEELS AMAZING WITH A LIGHT BREEZE AND I'M KIND OF A WIMP ABOUT THE HEAT AND IT REALLY HAS NOT BEEN TOO BAD ESPECIALLY IN THE SHADE . PLENTY OF SHADY SPOTS OUT HERE AND YOU CAN ENJOY THE LOW HUMIDITY BECAUSE IT WILL NOT LAST FOREVER. THE MUGGY METER IS CLIMBING, STILL COMFORTABLE AND REFRESHING AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW AND FRIDAY. BY SATURDAY DEW POINT START TO CLIMB BUT STILL NOT TOO BAD THAT NEXT WEEK, DEWPOINTS ARE CLIMBING BACK INTO THE 60s AND IT IS GOING TO BE TAKING ON A MORE UNCOMFORTABLE FIELD BY NEXT WEEK. SO GET OUT TO THE GAME. WARMER TOMORROW IN THE MID-80s WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND FOR FRIDAY WE ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 80s AND ALL THREE GAMES START AT 635 P.M. WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WARMING UP A COUPLE DEGREES BACK IN THE MID TO UPPER 80s, 86 IN THE TRIANGLE AND UPPER 80s FOR SOME OF THE SOUTHERN CITIES. WE ARE EXPECTING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE BUT ONCE WE GET TO FRIDAY THE NORTHEAST WIND KICKS IN AND THAT BRINGS TEMPERATURES DOWN A LITTLE. THE WEEKEND IS A DIFFERENT STORY , IN THE 90s FOR THE WEEKEND AND THE STRETCH OF 90s IS GOING TO LAST WELL INTO NEXT WEEK BUT OUT HERE TONIGHT WE COULD NOT ASK FOR BETTER WEATHER. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO ARRIVE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO SHOW YOU THE GAME AND WE WILL BE CHEERING THEM ON TONIGHT. >> WE WERE HOPING THE HUMIDITY WOULD STAY AWAY FOR A LITTLE

Kat and Jazzy enjoy milder temperatures at DBAP

WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell breaks down the forecast for the start of 2021.

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.

2021 to start with cloudy, rainy weather

With social distancing in effect, some WRAL employees are working from home. With camera, lights and a green sheet, meteorologist Kat Campbell was able to go live with weather from her dining room.

Everybody hoped that you were having a good Wednesday night  I'm media relatives Cat Campbell Not in the W Auriol Severe Weather Center Sitting at home tonight I've got my dog jazzy here with me She's hanging out with me That's one of the perks of working from home I'm not sick or anything like that I feel just fine folks I'm just doing my part to help with social distancing and figuring out how to work from home Anybody who knows me knows I'm a technology nerd Ever since I was a kid Ah it's just I've always been into technology So it was a fun challenge to figure out how to set this up I wanted to share with you exactly how we're pulling it off because it's been a feat to get everything up and running I don't have a camera crew here with me at home I am really social distancing So bear with me as I turn around into the lights here So let me flip this around and kind of show you This setup I have going on here is a light  It's very very bright Here's another light We're gonna have some help with the team helping me set it up But I have a camera set up right here It's just a small camera on a tripod and I have a little tiny microphone plugged in jazz He says Hi everyone me show you the microphone that I have Ah plugged in over here Here's my little microphone I clip it on and it it does have a cord to it so I just have to be careful not to trip But here's the green screen setup that we have going on fun little behind the scenes facts So one of our crew members actually has a photography business so he lended this to me to get it all set up Had to do some ironing to make it work But fun little behind the scenes Fact here we actually have I have soup cans on the bottom to help make sure that there aren't any wrinkles in this interesting little fact There another thing that I have set up and I would have to grab my laptop and move it over here But I'm actually using an Apple TV to set up my graphics system and then on my computer I am able to pull up my graphics system through a remote desktop type of program And then I use airpods as my f B which is the device that producers talk to me with So I put one airport in my ear I die alone on my phone number and then the producers come talk to me That's how I hear what's going on on TV and I build graphics using that TV and my laptop kind of hooked up together But the other thing that I do that is kind of interesting is we actually have a really really great technology department of W R ail So they help put together a Web cam feed that shows what's going on in terms of our pre delay feet There's always about a 12th delay on live TV that happened back in the Super Bowl way back in the day You'll remember that performance but they added a pre delay webcam so I can always check in and see what's on TV and I have that hooked up to the TV so I know where I'm pointing So we're back to the green screen days can't quite where green anymore But it's been a fun adventure to get everything up and running and working and I'm really glad it worked out We didn't have a lot of time to prepare it before the four o'clock news But if you tune in tonight on Fox 50 10 o'clock you're going to see the newscast I'm gonna be on around 10 45 ish talking about the weather What I'm gonna be talking about tonight Lamia pull up a preview for you I'm gonna be talking about the warmth and how long it lasts because you know we've been talking a lot about Friday High temperatures are back in the eighties but it is not going to last for long Temperatures are gonna be slashed in half if you at least count the morning low So we've got a lot to talk about tonight at 10 on Fox 50 Hope you'll join us Mike Mays is still working in the studio We can access all of our computers and everything we need at home but he's still in the studio We're just social distancing keeping our distance making sure everybody stays happy healthy and safe And we'll continue to bring you weather updates no matter what happens I know it's trying times but hopefully the weather could be a bright spot in your day when you tune into W R ail in Fox 50 That's certainly what we hoped for And I know lots of folks have been going on walks I've been doing that as well Definite perk of working from home having Loomis Jazzy and her bed over here Jazz Do you want to say hi See Here she is Hi Jazzy So it's one of the perks But if anybody takes any cool pictures of the flowers or anything like that outside we'd love to share them as a part of our W aria Weather Watchers program  Jazzy likes to go to bed early so I'm not sure how long she'll hang with me tonight But uh you know we'll see We'll see how it goes So folks thanks for joining me on Facebook Live hope that you all have a great night Don't forget to turn on Fox 50 a 10 and hope you've enjoyed just this kind of interesting change of pace that we have going on and how to tutorial for I guess setting up your own green screen at home I need to take some pictures of jazzy with it  I think it would be fun to add different backgrounds  I'll entertain myself in the coming days so stay well  Everybody have a great night