VIDEO FORECAST

WEATHER DISCUSSION: Sunshine and scattered clouds are mixed in the Cape Fear on this Wednesday afternoon with very warm temps reaching the upper 80s and low 90s inland to the middle 80s closer to the coast. With high humidity… heat indices are from 90 to 95. Dry weather is in place and high pressure controls the southeast and will remain our main weather feature tonight bringing mostly clear skies with patchy fog developing late. Lows will be rather warm and muggy in the lower 70s. A cold front will move across Kentucky and Tennessee Thursday as high pressure slowly loses its influence locally. Look for mostly sunny skies with isolated afternoon showers or thunderstorms developing and highs reaching the upper 80s to near 90. Any storms that manage to develop could produce strong and gusty winds Thursday afternoon and evening. The cold front slowly moves across the western and central Carolinas Friday and Friday night bringing widely scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms across southeast North Carolina with very warm highs in the upper 80s. The front slowly moves into the local area Saturday bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms and highs dropping down into the lower 80s. Sunday into early next week… the front will essentially remain stalled along or offshore the southeast coast leading to a chance of daily showers or perhaps a rumble of thunder and highs in the lower 80s. In the tropics… there are two areas with the potential to become tropical cyclones. One is centered several hundred miles east of the Caribbean islands and could become a depression or storm later today or tonight. This system will likely move northwest… strengthen but bring no threat to the east coast. However… a tropical wave over the northeast Caribbean Sea could develop into a depression in a few days near the Bahamas and then track north. This system will have to be closely watched here on the southeast coastline. Stay tuned to WWAY and StormTrack 3 for the latest on both systems.   

WWAY FORECAST:                                               

Tonight: Mostly clear skies. Patchy fog developing late. Rather warm and muggy low in the lower 70s. Winds south around 5 mph. 

Thursday: Mostly sunny skies. Very warm and humid with isolated afternoon showers or thunderstorms developing. High in the upper 80s to near 90. Heat indices reaching the lower to mid 90s in the afternoon. Winds southwest becoming south at 10-15 mph. 

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms. Rather warm and muggy low again in the lower 70s. 

Friday: Sunshine and clouds with a chance of showers and thunderstorms… especially in the afternoon. Very warm and humid high in the upper 80s. Heat index values in the mid to upper 90s in the afternoon.