The WRAL Severe Weather Center is keeping a close eye on air quality. We have team coverage to show you how it’s affecting people in the area.

On WRAL at 4: Air quality Code Orange: The health concerns that smoke from Canada is causing and how long it lasts

When looking at developing systems, one of the most important pieces of technology that we have are the spaghetti model plots. Aptly named for their unique pasta-like appearance, these charts depict many different outcomes or simulations for a given storm. Billions of computer calculations are run with different potential atmospheric conditions (i.e., temperature, cloud cover, winds, etc.). The result is shown to be the individual strand, often represented by separate colors. There are many potential outcomes, and no model is 100% accurate. 

WRAL Weather lesson: Many models for tracking storms look like spaghetti, combine to improve forecast

Track and model plots

Check out summer movies with our cheap and free movies database, which lists 26 options for inexpensive summer movie fun.

Summer movie guide: 25 places for free, cheap kid-friendly movies

Summer movies - free movies

<b>RALEIGH</b> — WRAL TV5's Star Fest '97 was so successfulthe giftsare still being tallied, but so far, over $361,000 has been pledged.

The money will go to fund research and care for those concerned aboutcerebral palsy.

Star Fest '97 a Success

Air quality is slowly improving in the Triangle after the first Code Red alert day in more than a decade.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts NC air quality; schools move activities indoors

Hazy days ahead

Four people were killed Wednesday and one person was hospitalized after a head-on crash on N.C. Highway 690 in Moore County

4 people killed, 1 hospitalized after head-on crash on Moore County highway 

Four people killed in Moore County crash

Wednesday is a WRAL Weather Alert Day due to the poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires, but rain moving into the area could help.



WRAL Weather Alert Day: Rain moving into Triangle could improve air quality 

Futurecast Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to sign the bill. Mobile betting in North Carolina could begin as soon as Jan. 8.

Online sports betting in NC could start as soon as January after House's approval

NC State tops UNC 30-27 in double-overtime finish

Denny Dalton is facing criminal charges for alleged sex crimes with students.

Erwin high school teacher facing sex charges for alleged crimes with students

Get the latest WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast whenever you need it, including the DUALDoppler5000 and the 7-Day Forecast.

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing

The bill would allow betting on professional, college and other sports on phones or other electronic devices.

NC lawmakers take final vote to legalize online sports gambling

Kilauea, the second largest volcano in Hawaii, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, U.S. Geological Survey officials said.

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, is erupting

The New York City skyline is barely visible. 

Hazy sky in New York City

Videos

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association has announced its boys' lacrosse all-state team

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association releases boys' lacrosse all-state team

Boys Lacrosse: Charlotte Catholic vs. Hough (May 9, 2023)

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association has announced its girls' lacrosse all-state team

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association releases girls' lacrosse all-state team

Girls Lacrosse: Wake Forest vs. Broughton (Apr. 13, 2023)

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV GOlf League have agreed to unify.

'I thought it was a joke': Golfers, golf fans react to PGA Tour's merger with LIV

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The N.C. Soccer Coaches Association announced that HighSchoolOT managing editor Nick Stevens has been named the organization's Media Representative of the Year for the 2022-2023 school year.

HighSchoolOT managing editor Nick Stevens named soccer media representative of the year

HighSchoolOT Honors Award Show

The board considered two other names -- Paramount Parkway HS and Parkside HS -- but went with the more obvious one. Of Wake County's municipalities, only a few have no high school bearing its name, Morrisville included.