A beautiful week heading our way with a small chance of a shower. Were starting off dry. 66 is where we are in raleigh over the beltline, no changes to the skyline just yet. Sunrise is not until 6 57. In the meantime, we have something to talk about, foggier conditions, south of the triangle so lets check the visibility. Right now 5mile in fayetteville and clinton but check out lee county, half a miles towards pinehurst. Here in raleigh, lewisburg, smithfield reporting full visibility along the 95 corridor, things are touch and go and not really causing that many slowdowns so if youre getting ready to head out the door, take it easy if you encounter foggier conditions. Mid60s in durham and raleigh, 69 wilmington, low 70s around the sandhill, fayetteville, 72. It will be a comfortable commute for you, 69, good for weather for those at the bus stop, 82 lunchtime, still dry, 87 this afternoon, but normal is 83. Most of us dry throughout the afternoon, back to 85 by 6 00. I will have a loo
Morning. First, before we get to that, lets talk about the forecast and how its looking for the weekend. The good news is the weather not nearly as busy. We are looking at a great forecast for this friday. If you are getting ready to head out the door, it is 69 degrees right now. Yeah, we are seeing a little more cloud cover, maybe a little drizzle out there this morning but nothing that should slow you down. There hasnt been any fog detected this morning like the past few days that weve been our satellite radar to show you that no rain anywhere near us, as a matter of fact, completely dry to start off your friday morning. So its time to check in with some temperatures, and here is the slightly down fall. Temperatures pretty warm this time of year. 72 in fayetteville. 71 in lillington. 71 in clinton. 70 in clayton. Nice to not have to worry about the a jacket. 65 in henderson, south hill at roxboro. Little bit of drizzle out the door at 70 at 8 a. M. 80 at lufrmg time. 84 our afternoon
Just in time for the morning commute. We have clouds with the light reflecting from the airport and fog not a big concern towards the airport this morning. Lets check in with our radar and you can see light rain falls across hope, moore, lee, and Harnett County and north of the triangle, steadier rain through hillsborough and Orange County through chapel warren county, seeing light rain. So far temperatures are no surprise. Theyre a bit warmer. We have been cloudy, mid70 durham, raleigh, clayton, 73 lewisburg and your forecast for the day ahead calling for the fog to continue through 8 00 a. M. , 74, 79 at noon, 82 our afternoon high. I will let you know how long the rain will hang around in the fbi is questioning five people in connection to an explosion in new york city and boot team of federal agents are in new jersey where suspicious package exploded. Reporter five suspicious pa one went off unintentionally as the fbi robot tried to disarm it. There was an explosion in the new york
Reporter family and friends waiting anxiously outside. Now safely reunited with his wife, he says that ford was a hard guy to get to know. He was really quiet. He really did not say much. Reporter months ago, ford posted this video and picture of himself on facebook firing. He had an Extensive Police record. Deputies had served ford with a protection order at work. He was upset and left the plant. Abc news, washington. Barbara new at noon, we are learning more about a mysterious crash during the morning commute. Of i40 work while, but all lanes are open now. State troopers say 53yearold winta Mitchell Hill was killed. Hells red card hills red card pulled red car pulled out in front of a white suv. John a Chinese National with a doctorate who worked for a federal agency headquartered in Research Triangle park. Ed crump has been gathering information on this case. What have you learned . Ed john, one of the first things i have learned is those involved with the case are being tightlipped
Ten points. The nasdaq off by 22. Crude oil prices were up sharply overnight, topping 40 a barrel. First time weve seen that in quite a while. That came after the announcement yesterday of a surprise job in u. S. Inventories. However, wti has turned around since then. Looks like we flipped that contract, too. If you were looking at 40 overnight, were now looking at the may contract. Thats a decline of 7 cents to 37. 69. It will be interesting to see how this new contract plays out. We did see a huge gain in crude oil prices yesterday. The other big mover this morning, currency. The dollar hitting a 17 hch month low against the yen. This came after the minutes from the last months fed meeting suggested that the central bank is unlikely to raise Interest Rates before june. There were a lot in these minutes, but most people are looking at the doves comments after what we heard from janet yellen just last week. Brian . Some corporate stories to talk to you about this morning. Just go right