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Peta Sheerwood

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Get ready for a great weekend outdoors. Rain chances will remain low. Expect highs in upper 80s and lower 90s.

Peta Sheerwood

Good Morning! We are live on WRAL News right now and at 8 am. While we are seeing improvements with our air quality, the humidity will rise this weekend. I'll show you how it will feel this weekend.

Kat Campbell

10h

Check out the full buck moon from the WRAL tower camera tonight! The smoke from the wildfires is helping to give it an extra orange glow. I saw it on my drive back into work tonight and it's beautiful!! Check it...
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Mike Maze

12h

The area of disturbed weather off the Florida Coast now has a 50% chance of developing into a tropical system this weekend. It's not coming to North Carolina but to Florida and then perhaps over the Gulf. The...
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Mike Maze

15h

The NHC says there's about a 40% chance now that this area of clouds and rain could develop into a tropical system. No worries for us but there will likely be higher rip current risk at the coast this weekend....
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Kat Campbell

16h

If you're heading to the beach this weekend the weather will be FABULOUS! The risk for rip currents is increasing though. I'll explain why and have the beach-by-beach rip current forecast starting at 4 on WRAL News.

Zach Maloch

July 23

Made it to a Friday! Here is how your day is shaping up around Raleigh. We'll still see some smoky haze, but the air quality will be improved compared to yesterday. On TV we'll show you when more rain returns to...
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Zach Maloch

July 23

It's 4 AM and I'm just enjoying this shot of the moon while getting the forecast and graphics ready for WRAL Morning News. Still a slight red tint to the moon suggesting smoke is still above. The moon sets at...
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Tony Rice

July 22

How western wildfires create red sunsets in North Carolina

The beautiful orange sunsets as well as the eire pink glowing Sun are determined by what's in the atmosphere and how much of it is between us and the Sun.

How western wildfires create red sunsets in North Carolina

The beautiful orange sunsets as well as the eire pink glowing Sun are determined by what's in the atmosphere and how much of it is between us and the Sun.

How western wildfires create red sunsets in North Carolina

The beautiful orange sunsets as well as the eire pink glowing Sun are determined by what's in the atmosphere and how much of it is between us and the Sun.

Mike Maze

July 22

Pouring in Goldsboro! This heavy rain is slowly moving to the southeast and could generate wind gusts up to 45 mph.

Mike Maze

July 22

Some heavy showers have formed along a weak boundary over Wayne County. These are slowly moving to the southeast. Watch out for some ponding of water on the roads as these move through!

Mike Maze

July 22

The air quality for Friday will improve. We have Code Yellow Air Quality for Friday locally but out west it's Code Orange. We expect the wildfire smoke to disperse by the time we get to Saturday.

Kat Campbell

July 22

Fall lovers rejoice! We're just 2 months away from our favorite season. Summer lovers you still have plenty of heat to enjoy until then. Turn on WRAL News at 4 for the heat index forecast this weekend.

Elizabeth Gardner

July 22

Not only do we have a smoky haze today but the heat index will feel like mid 90s this afternoon. Summer in central NC! On TV today we will show when the wind shifts and blows the smoke out.

Zach Maloch

July 22

It’s another hazy and smoky morning in #NorthCarolina. Smoke from wild fires in the Pacific NW and Canada will continue to move in due to the current jet stream pattern. The smoke is reducing our air quality...
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Elizabeth Gardner

July 22

Smoky haze over Longleaf Golf and Family Club in Southern Pines. Our code orange ozone forecast means elderly, young children and people with respiratory issues shouldn't exercise outside today. On TV this AM...
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Zach Maloch

July 22

Good morning! Here is how your Thursday is shaping up around Raleigh. We'll see another hazy day as smoke from wild fires in the NW and Canada continues to stream in. That smoke is also reducing our air quality...
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Mike Maze

July 21

Outside of the wildfire smoke tomorrow it should be a rather unremarkable Thursday with a high of 89° along with partly cloudy skies. Enjoy the day!

Mike Maze

July 21

Here's a picture from Melissa Delmont of Rolesville showing the sunset at the end of the road there. Yes that is the sun this evening as it was setting, the light had to filter through so much wildfire smoke....
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Mike Maze

July 21

In the 8PM update from the NHC they've upgraded the probability to 30% chance that a tropical system could develop off the Southeast coast in the next 5 days. We will watch closely.

Mike Maze

July 21

It's not a cloudy end to the day over Lake Gaston but a smoky one. All that smoke from the wildfires in Canada is blocking the light from the setting sun. We should see more of this smoke tomorrow and it may...
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Kat Campbell

July 21

A smoky sunset in Raleigh tonight! Send us your sunset photos tonight and you could see them on TV. Turn on WRAL News and I'll show you how long the haze will last.

Aimee Wilmoth

July 21

Please take it easy if you have to be outdoors this evening or tomorrow. We have a code orange air quality alert...sensitive groups should limit their time outdoors.

Kat Campbell

July 21

The weather model we use that forecasts how dense wildfire smoke will be has consistently shown even more dense smoke arriving in NC tomorrow (Thursday) starting in the early morning. Another hot,hazy, and humid...
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