- Sunday's highs reached the 70s in many parts of central and eastern North Carolina, including the Triangle, but don't let the spring-like weather fool you.
Cold air and winter weather are back in the forecast for the beginning of the work week and that could cause problems for the morning and afternoon commutes - depending on where you live.
Monday's highs in the Triangle are expected to reach the 50s, WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth said, but temperatures will drop rapidly through the afternoon to the 20s by the end of the workday.
The National Weather Service has also issued winter storm advisories and warnings from 10 a.m. Monday to midnight Monday for most of central North Carolina.
Northern counties, including Granville, Halifax, Person and Vance, are under winter storm warnings and could see a half-inch or more of sleet and possibly a half-inch of snow, Wilmoth said.
Central and eastern counties, including Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Orange, Wake, Wayne and Wilson, are under winter weather advisories and could see up a half-inch of sleet and a trace of snow and ice.
Rain will spread into the northern counties around daybreak and quickly change to a brief period of freezing rain and then sleet by mid-day. Rain is expected to transition to sleet in the Triangle before or shortly after lunchtime, Wilmoth said.
With Sunday's highs in the 70s, Wilmoth added, the ground Monday will be very warm and would require a lot of precipitation for any accumulations to begin.
Tuesday morning commuters will likely have issues as low temperatures will be in the teens. Any precipitation that falls Monday afternoon or evening will not have a chance to melt.
Temperatures for the rest of the week will top the upper 40s while lows will remain at or below freezing.
The next chance of precipitation after Monday will be Thursday and Friday. Temperatures are expected to be above freezing, so anything that falls would likely be rain.
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Amzing Moment: Monday to bring rain, sleet and maybe snow