Hot Friday ahead of a rainy weekend in central NC

Central North Carolina will experience summer-like heat on Friday before a cold front brings widespread rain throughout the weekend.
Summer-like heat will hang on across central North Carolina through today with highs climbing into the upper 80s to lower 90s. The pattern changes this weekend, however, as a cold front moves in bringing scattered rain Saturday and a much-needed round of widespread rain Sunday with up to 2" of accumulating rain possible. Behind the [...]
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