An unusual weather pattern is setting up across the country as we head into the Mother's Day weekend.  The southwestern United States will continue to experience extreme heat where some locations have already hit 100 this year.  Meantime unusually cold weather for May is making its way into the eastern United States.   Interior parts of New England are even expecting snow.

Here in North Carolina, we will feel some of that unusually cold air for May.   That will be ushered into the state behind a cold front that will pass through central North Carolina Friday night.

Ahead of the front, it will be quite breezy Friday with wind gusts up to 35mph.  Highs temperatures should reach the low and mid 70s.

The front will then bring scattered showers to the area between 6pm and midnight.  Around a tenth of an inch or less is expected in most locations.  Clearing skies after midnight will allow lows to drop to the low and mid 40s for Saturday morning.

Despite all day sunshine Saturday, temperatures will struggle to make it much above 60.  Saturday afternoon's highs should be at least 15 degrees below average for the first half of May.

The coldest part of the weekend will come Saturday night into Sunday morning when lows will drop to the 30s.  Most locations will stay above freezing, but some spots north of the Triangle will be close.

That's still cold enough for frost to form early Sunday morning.  If you have any sensitive plants outside, you will want to bring them inside Saturday night or cover them.

The last time Raleigh saw a low temperatures dip into the 30s during the month of May was 2013.  The low then just made it to 39.  The last time temperatures reached as cold as what is forecast for Sunday morning during the month of May was 1997.

Warmer temperatures are likely next week especially by the second half of the week.  Highs in the 80s are expected for the end of next week.

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