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  • Flights from RDU to Jamaica on hold because of hurricane damage

    Breeze Airways will fly its new Caribbean routes from Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Airbus A220-300 aircraft.

    Breeze Airways will fly its new Caribbean routes from Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Airbus A220-300 aircraft.

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    The start of nonstop flights between the Triangle and Jamaica has been postponed as the island nation recovers from a powerful hurricane in the fall.

    Breeze Airways expected to begin flying twice a week between Raleigh-Durham International Airport and Montego Bay on March 5.

    The low-cost carrier now says the start of those flights has been delayed until sometime late this year.

    In a written statement, the airline cites “extensive damage to both airport facilities and resorts” in western Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa in late October. Melissa was the strongest hurricane to hit Jamaica in recorded history, with sustained winds of 185 mph.

    “We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused for our guests and look forward to welcoming them back onboard later in the year,” the airline said.

    Breeze is the only airline with announced flights to Jamaica from RDU. Avelo Airlines had flown to Montego Bay from the Triangle twice a week last year but ended that service Jan. 3, saying it wasn’t able to sell enough seats on its Boeing 737 aircraft.

    Breeze uses smaller Airbus A220-300 aircraft that seat 137 passengers.

    Triangle travelers can fly nonstop from RDU to two other Caribbean islands. Three airlines — Delta, Frontier and JetBlue — offer nonstops to San Juan, Puerto Rico. And Breeze plans to begin nonstops to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on March 4, joining Avelo and American on that route.

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  • NorCal forecast: A cool Friday morning turns into a very warm afternoon

    Northern California forecast: A cool Friday morning turns into a very warm afternoon

    A north wind today will push temperatures back above normal.

    I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND I’M LIKE, BRR! YOU FEEL IT? YES. EVEN LAST NIGHT I WAS PLAYING WITH MY SON OUTSIDE AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT BREEZE REALLY COMING THROUGH AND THE SKIES JUST CLEARING OUT QUITE A BIT. IT’S REALLY THOSE CLEAR SKIES IN THE OVERNIGHT THAT’S HELPING US DROP OFF INTO THE 50S RIGHT NOW, 59 DEGREES IN SACRAMENTO. YOU’RE ENJOYING A LIVE LOOK FROM THE SUTTER BUTTE SKY CAMERA ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING. IT’S NICE TO SAY THAT, ISN’T IT? FRIDAY MORNING, 57 RIGHT NOW STEPPING OUT IN STOCKTON AT 61. CURRENTLY IN MODESTO AND 40 AS YOU’RE WAKING UP SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AND AROUND THE TRUCKEE BASIN. DEFINITELY FEEL THE CHILL IN THE AIR AND YOU’RE GRABBING THAT JACKET AND YOU MAYBE GRABBING A LAYER AS WELL AS YOU’RE WAKING UP AND JOINING US HERE IN THE VALLEY, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE’VE GOT PRETTY QUIET WEATHER. MOST OF THE ACTIVE WEATHER OF YESTERDAY MORNING IS NOW MOVING OFF TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF OUR AREA. WIND CONDITIONS PRETTY MUCH LIGHT TO NONEXISTENT FROM AUBURN INTO PLACERVILLE. UP THROUGH TRUCKEE. YOU’LL NOTICE HERE FROM YUBA CITY AND THROUGH STOCKTON, THERE’S JUST A LIGHT NORTH WIND AT FIVE IN STOCKTON. AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DELTA BREEZE TRYING TO PUSH INTO FAIRFIELD, NOT TUGGING MUCH COOL AIR WITH IT, THOUGH, AS IT’S JUST THAT MARINE LAYER GETS ERODED AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE OF A NORTH WIND AS PART OF THE FORECAST, AND VALLEY SPOTS WILL CLIMB MID TO UPPER 90S. NOW IN THE FOOTHILLS, YOU CAN PLAN FOR LIGHT WIND CONDITIONS, A FULL DAY OF SUNSHINE AND HIGHS CLIMBING CLOSE TO THE 90 DEGREE MARK IN SPOTS LIKE AUBURN, PLACERVILLE AND SONORA. AND TODAY IN YOUR SIERRA OUTLOOK. YEAH, CHILLY START TO THE DAY, BUT THEN ONCE WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON, YOU CAN ALMOST GO BACK TO THE THE SHORTS AND THE T SHIRTS BECAUSE TEMPERATURES WILL FEEL SUMMERLIKE MOVING ON INTO THE UPPER 70S AROUND THE LAKESIDE. NOW, I DO ANTICIPATE AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEKEND AGAIN, A LOT OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED TODAY. THEN LOOKING AHEAD TO YOUR SATURDAY NIGHT, MORE OF THE MARINE LAYER STARTS TO BUILD HERE ALONG THE COAST WE ENTERTAIN A BIT MORE OF AN ONSHORE BREEZE THAT’S GOING TO HELP TO TRIM BACK TEMPERATURES BOTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WE’LL DO THAT AGAIN ON SUNDAY, AND ON SUNDAY YOU’LL START TO SEE THE LEADING EDGE OF OUR NEXT SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH WITH A FEW CLOUDS IN THE FORECAST DURING LATE AFTERNOON. AND AGAIN, THAT DROP IN TEMPERATURES WITH THAT STEADY ONSHORE BREEZE. ONCE WE GET INTO THE START OF THE NEXT WORKWEEK, I AM TRACKING NOT ONE, BUT TWO SYSTEMS THAT COULD BRING SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. STARTING REALLY LATE IN THE DAY ON MONDAY. MOST LIKELY A FEW MORE SHOWERS TUESDAY AND THEN OVERNIGHT TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY. COULD SEE ANOTHER BAND OF RAIN MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS LIKE THIS. AGAIN, PRETTY TOASTY TODAY AT 95 DEGREES. THAT’S ABOVE OUR NORMAL, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR LATE SEPTEMBER 87TH. WE’RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THAT NORMAL RANGE ON SATURDAY AT 86. THEN LOOK AT THAT. WE DROP BACK TO THE MID 70S SUNDAY. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE IN LATE IN THE DAY MONDAY. AND LOOK AT NEXT WEEK GUYS. IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL SEE A BIT MORE RAIN CHANCES AND OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY, ALL THE WAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SO DEFINITELY A FORECAST YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR INTERESTS, OR MAYBE YOU’RE PUTTING A ROOF ON A HOU

    Northern California forecast: A cool Friday morning turns into a very warm afternoon

    A north wind today will push temperatures back above normal.

    Updated: 6:08 AM PDT Sep 26, 2025

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    A north wind today will push temperatures back above normal. Valley highs will reach the mid-90s, with foothill highs in the upper 80s. Aside from a pop-up storm south of Tahoe, the Sierra will be quiet, with highs in the upper 70s. There’s a slightly greater chance of storms in the Sierra this weekend as the region prepares for more unsettled weather next week. Meanwhile, temperatures will begin to drop–valley highs in the mid-80s on Saturday, then the mid-70s on Sunday. Our next significant weather system will arrive from the northwest with a sagging trough. Showers will reach the valley Monday evening and become widespread Tuesday, accompanied by increasing breezes. Valley highs will fall to the low 70s Tuesday, and showers are expected through Wednesday. Drier weather is forecast for the second half of next week, with valley highs rebounding to the upper 70s.

    A north wind today will push temperatures back above normal.

    Valley highs will reach the mid-90s, with foothill highs in the upper 80s. Aside from a pop-up storm south of Tahoe, the Sierra will be quiet, with highs in the upper 70s.

    There’s a slightly greater chance of storms in the Sierra this weekend as the region prepares for more unsettled weather next week. Meanwhile, temperatures will begin to drop–valley highs in the mid-80s on Saturday, then the mid-70s on Sunday.

    Our next significant weather system will arrive from the northwest with a sagging trough. Showers will reach the valley Monday evening and become widespread Tuesday, accompanied by increasing breezes. Valley highs will fall to the low 70s Tuesday, and showers are expected through Wednesday.

    Drier weather is forecast for the second half of next week, with valley highs rebounding to the upper 70s.

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  • A Few Showers For Your Saturday

    A Few Showers For Your Saturday

    LET’S BRING IN FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS DRY RIGHT NOW. WE WILL SEE A COUPLE OF POCKETS OF SHOWERS LATER ON TODAY. YOU KNOW, IT’S STILL WE’RE STILL FLORIDA. WE’RE STILL WATERS ON THREE SIDES OF US. YEAH, BUT LOOK AT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. BECAUSE HERE’S ONE THING. WE DON’T HAVE 90S. IT’S ALL UPPER 80S FOR HIGHS. AND WHILE YES, THIS WEEKEND THERE’S A FEW SHOWERS, WE GO EVEN DRIER MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND THEN BY LATE NEXT WEEK, MODELS ARE SAYING WE’LL KIND OF RETURN TO A BIT OF A SUMMER PATTERN. SO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS GET GOING. BUT AT THIS HOUR, LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF MUGGINESS. WE’RE IN A COMFY TERRITORY AND TEMPERATURES AROUND TOWN LOOKING ABSOLUTELY DYNAMITE. 71. THIS IS THE COOLEST. ORLANDO HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY AT LEAST SINCE JULY 1ST. 66 DEGREES IN OCALA. YOU WERE AT ABOUT 66 YESTERDAY, BUT IT DOESN’T MAKE IT FEEL ANY LESS INCREDIBLE. AND IT’S A SATURDAY 69 OUTSIDE IN LEESBURG AND EVEN ALONG THE COASTLINE, THINGS FEEL FANTASTIC, AT LEAST INLAND A BIT, RIGHT? IT’S 77 FOR PORT CANAVERAL, BUT 74 ON MERRITT ISLAND, 72 IN PORT SAINT JOHN. SO YOU HEAD INLAND. IT FEELS GREAT. VOLUSIA COUNTY, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. 69 DEGREES IN CHESTER, 70 DEGREES FOR VICTORIA GARDENS, DELAND. AND THEN BEACHSIDE, RIGHT. 79 AT THE INLET, 80 DEGREES BEACH SAFETY HQ, WHICH IS BEACHSIDE NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. RIGHT. SO OUTSIDE IT’S BEAUTIFUL. BUT THAT BREEZE COMING IN OFF THE OCEAN IS AT LEAST INFLUENCING US JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND LATER TODAY, THAT BREEZE COMING IN OFF THE OCEAN WILL INFLUENCE US. BRINGING IN COASTAL SHOWERS. FOR NOW, THEY’RE STAYING PUT OFF THE SHORELINE, BUT THAT WILL CHANGE. MOST OF THE MOISTURE IS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT ENERGY OFFSHORE. AND LATER TODAY WE’LL TAP INTO SOME OF THAT AND BRING IT ON IN HIGHS TODAY MID 80S. BEACHSIDE, UPPER 80S ACROSS THE INTERIOR, LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE OF 90. BUT IT’S A FRESH BREEZE TEN, 15, 20 MILES AN HOUR. SO THERE’S THAT BREEZE KIND OF PICKING UP ON SOME OF THAT MOISTURE, BRINGING IN SOME SHOWERS. SAME IDEA FOR US TOMORROW. BUT IS THIS STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT PULL AWAY FROM US? WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GRAB SOME DRIER AIR AND PULL THAT ON DOWN. SO THAT’S WHERE OUR WORKWEEK DRIES OUT A BIT. EITHER WAY THOUGH, MAKING PLANS FOR SATURDAY LOOKS GREAT. SEAWORLD. ASIDE FROM WATCHING SOME OF THOSE COASTAL SHOWERS TRY TO WORK IN, IT’S A COMFY BREEZE FOR US TODAY. EPIC UNIVERSE, IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO ENJOY, OPENS UP 10 A.M., STAYS OPEN UNTIL TEN. WE’LL BE WATCHING THE RADAR FOR A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE WE’RE LOOKING GOOD. 40% COVERAGE EAST OF TOWN. REALLY? SAME IDEA TOMORROW. DRIER. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THEN THUNDERSTORMS RETURN THURSDAY. FRIDAY. COASTAL SEVEN-DAY FORECAST LOOKING GREAT AS WELL WI

    Eric Burris has your full forecast

    Eric Burris has your full forecast

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