North Carolina Weather March 4 Evening - Dense Fog Advisory

Good evening. North Carolina. I'm Aaron Jolly. Talk about a temperature transformation. We're sitting at 44 degrees right now under clear skies, but by this afternoon? Mid-70s statewide. That's a 42 degrees-degree swing and about 42 degrees warmer than we'd expect for early March. In the next 24 hours. First, a heads-up if you're driving early in the Coastal Plain. Dense fog advisory until 9 A.M. For counties like Bertie. Pasquotank. And Perquimans. Visibility could drop to a quarter mile. Take it slow out there. The Triangle wakes up to patchy fog burning off by 8 A.M. Then mostly sunny skies and a high of 75 degrees. Tonight, mostly cloudy with a low around 54. Down in the Piedmont, a similar story. Fog early, then mostly sunny with a high near 74. Tonight's low sits at 54 under mostly cloudy skies. Head west to the mountains and it's a touch cooler this morning at 42 degrees. But even Western North Carolina hits 75 this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. Tonight's low drops to 49 with partly cloudy conditions. Thursday keeps the warm streak going. Highs climb to 77 across the Piedmont and Triangle, 76 in the west. We're talking near-record warmth for early March. Looking ahead, this spring preview continues right through the weekend. Highs push toward 80 degrees Friday and Saturday. Rain chances creep in Saturday night and become more likely Sunday into Monday as a front approaches. But even with the rain threat, temperatures stay well above normal. One more thing — tonight's full moon rises at sunset. With mostly cloudy skies, you might catch glimpses between the clouds. We're also gaining over two minutes of daylight each day now. Spring equinox sits just two weeks away. For the extended outlook, check the latest forecast as confidence improves. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.