YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE COUNTRY THOUGH RIGHT NOW ARE DRY. DEALING WITH DRY CONDITIONS. WE’VE GOT SOME FIRE WEATHER WARNINGS. THOSE ARE THE MAGENTA COLORS THAT YOU SEE HERE AND BACK OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THEY’RE DEALING WITH SOME WINTER WEATHER CONCERNS ALONG THE SIERRA. YOU’VE ALSO GOT WIND CONCERNS IN TEXAS. SO NO MAJOR ISSUES AT THE MOMENT. BUT WE ARE WATCHING FOR THINGS TO DEVELOP TOWARD THE WEEKEND. YOU KNOW, THE RAINFALL YESTERDAY REALLY HUGGED THE NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER, JUST DIDN’T ROLL NORTH, BRINGING US ANY BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. JUST A COUPLE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS, MAINLY SOUTH AND THEN OFF THE COAST. WE’VE GOT SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS TO 100TH OF AN INCH IN ALBEMARLE DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT, 18 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN CHARLOTTE AND UNDER ABOUT A 10TH OF AN INCH TO EVEN FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS PARTS OF GUILFORD COUNTY AND POINTS SOUTH. SO RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE MONTH. AND YOU CAN SEE WE’RE COMBINING IT WITH THE LOOK OF OUR CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS. ABNORMALLY DRY STILL, THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE THE RAINFALL FROM LAST WEEK, SO MAYBE WE’LL SEE SOME AREAS IMPROVE BY THIS THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH WE’VE GOT THIS NICE DRY STRETCH THAT HAS DEVELOPED FROM LAST WEEK. WE HAVE ABOUT 20/600 OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL AND RALEIGH. WE’RE STILL ABOVE NORMAL BY ONLY TWO HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH, SO FOR THE MONTH, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT AT THE MOMENT, 1.2IN SO FAR FOR MARCH. AND AS WE ENTER THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RAIN CHANCES AGAIN COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, BUT VERY HIGH FOR THOSE FIRE DANGER LEVELS, AT LEAST FOR TODAY. WE MAY SEE THAT, SEE THAT CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK NOW. LUNAR ECLIPSE FORECAST. WE’VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS UBER METEOROLOGIST BRIAN SLOCUM TALK ABOUT IT. IT IS FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH AND IT HAPPENS VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING. SO YOU HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO GETTING UP FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR, IF YOU CAN, TO SEE THIS. YOU’VE GOT THE FULL MOON RISING THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN THE MOON MOVES INTO THE EARTH’S SHADOW. AND THAT TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OCCURS BETWEEN 226 AND 331 FRIDAY MORNING. SO IT’S AN OVERNIGHT EVENT, BUT SOMETHING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO DO. THAT MIGHT BE FUN TO DO WITH THE KIDS TOO, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE ON SPRING BREAK. I KNOW SOME OF THE SCHOOLS ARE THIS WEEK. WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S 52 FOR FOLKS AT ABOUT 258. JUST AROUND 3 A.M. AS THAT PEAK OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE IS DEVELOPING. AND THEN YOU NEED THOSE LIGHT LAYERS ADDED ON SOME PARKAS. I THINK IF YOU’RE OUT LATE AT NIGHT DOING THAT VIEWING. JUST BEAUTIFUL THOUGH. 67 IN BURLINGTON RIGHT NOW, 68 IN KERNERSVILLE WE SEE WINDS GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTH RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 12 MILES AN HOUR. LOOKING AHEAD, WE’VE GOT 73 DEGREES ON THE WAY. GOOD SUNSHINE, CLEAR SKIES, OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP INTO THE LOW 40S. IT LOOKS LIKE TO UPPER 30S OUT THERE. MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS DEPENDING IF YOUR WIND PROTECTED. NOW YOU MIGHT SEE SOME OF THOSE. TEMPERATURES HANG IN THE LOW TO MID 40S. FOR FOLKS IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WIND STAYING UP, WE OVERALL HAVE A VERY WARM PATTERN, BUT FOR THE WEEKEND WE TALK ABOUT THAT RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THAT MAY INCLUDE DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. SO WE’LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS WE GET CLOSER TO IT. FOR NOW, ENJOYING SUNSHINE UPPER 70S THIS WEEK TO LOW 70S BY FRIDAY AND FOR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. IT’S DRY