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FORECAST: Strong cold front to bring showers and a significant drop in temperatures

Wind chills will be in the twenties by Friday morning, prompting a Weather Alert Day.

NORFOLK, Va. — Overall, it's been a cloudy Wednesday with a few spotty showers, but more showers are moving in across southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

A strengthening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region will push off New England overnight. This will drag a strong cold front across the area late this evening and overnight. Spotty showers will redevelop this evening while a broken line of showers will arrive with the cold front closer to midnight. A rumble of thunder is even possible, but widespread thunderstorms are not expected. As the front moves through, winds will become quite gusty, with gusts close to 40 mph.

We will dry out a on Thursday with clearing skies and gusty winds. Northwest winds will be sustained at 15 to 20 mph, with gusts around 30 mph. Skies will be sunny much of the day, but a reinforcing shot of cold air will arrive Thursday evening. This could produce a few clouds late in the day, and possibly a few sprinkles or showers. Afternoon high temperatures will be in the middle 50s.

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Thursday's hour-by-hour forecast.

Thursday night into Friday morning, the combination of a clearing sky, a colder airmass and breezy conditions will promote some of the coldest overnight readings so far this season. Actual air temperatures will be in the middle 30s, but wind chill temperatures will likely be in the 20s area-wide Friday morning. For this reason, a Weather Alert Day has been declared for Friday morning.

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Wind chills will be in the 20s Friday morning. Blustery winds and cold temperatures have prompted a Weather Alert Day for Friday morning.
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Wind chills will be in the 20s for much of the area Friday morning.

It will be blustery and cold to end the workweek. Despite plentiful sunshine, high temperatures will be in the lower 50s on Friday with more northwesterly breezes. 

High pressure will build back in this weekend, but it will still be another blustery and cool day Saturday. Temperatures will warm slightly, back to around average this time of year, near 60°. The winds finally die down Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures will warm a little next week as the high moves off the coast. Temperatures will be back into the lower 60s by midweek.

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Seven-day forecast for coastal Virginia and North Carolina.

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