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Summer heat this weekend comes ahead of soaking rain, frost potential

We're getting an early taste of summer. The weekend will reach record-breaking temperatures with highs around 90 and dew points in the 60s.

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Meteorologist Chris Michaels here in the weather center. It's muggy out there already! We'll see some morning clouds before turning partly cloudy, breezy and hot again this afternoon. We have the potential for a record high at RDU. Highs in the upper 80s-lower 90s.

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IBM	227.48	-6.58%
Duke Energy	118.93	-4.13%
BofA	34.39	-7.60%
PNC Financial	153.10	-5.08%
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