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RALEIGH, N.C. – A sharp November chill is closing in on central North Carolina, bringing the region its first true taste of winter. By late Monday evening, the air will turn biting and still, with lawns shimmering in frost and wind gusts rattling from Durham to Goldsboro.
According to the National Weather Service in Raleigh, a Freeze Watch remains in effect from Monday evening through Tuesday morning for nearly all of central North Carolina, including Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham, and Johnston counties. Forecasters expect lows between 22 and 30 degrees, with wind chills dipping even lower. Arctic air will spill southward behind a cold front, and strong northwest winds could gust up to 28 mph…