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Raleigh, North Carolina – North Carolina is bracing for a prolonged stretch of unusually cold winter weather as Arctic air presses deep into the Southeast and shows little sign of retreat through early to mid-February. Temperatures are expected to drop sharply this weekend, with overnight lows falling well below normal statewide and daytime highs struggling to rebound, especially across the Piedmont and northern counties.
According to the National Weather Service and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, outlooks from late January through mid-February favor much below normal temperatures across the Southeast. This Arctic pattern is part of a larger national setup driving extreme cold across the Midwest and Northeast, while pushing freezing air far south into the Carolinas and even parts of the Deep South…