Friday will start on a cold note, with morning temperatures dipping into the mid-30s around sunrise. You’ll probably need the heavier jacket early on, but sunshine will take over for the rest of the day. That sunshine helps temperatures recover, with afternoon highs climbing back into the lower 60s.
Preparations continue for Charlotte residents and evacuees that will call Charlotte home the next few days.
Strong winds could knock down power lines leading to outages for several days. Other critical services could be limited as well.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued a stern warning for people to leave the coast on Wednesday.
Hurricane Florence put a corridor of more than 10 million people in the crosshairs Wednesday as the monster storm closed in on the Carolinas, uncertainty over its projected path spreading worry across a widening swath of the Southeast.
York County officials are preparing for Hurricane Florence.
Officials say Hurricane Florence has slightly weakened to a category three hurricane with speeds of 125 miles per hour, but is expected to be a long duration, high impact, event for most of South Carolina.
The American Red Cross is opening shelters in Charlotte as Hurricane Florence moves closer to the east coast.
Officials with FEMA held a news conference Wednesday morning to discuss their preparations for Hurricane Florence.
