VIDEO FORECAST

WEATHER DISCUSSION AND FORECAST 

08/19/2026         

WEATHER DISCUSSION: Isolated showers and thunderstorms have developed and will continue to be possible through early this evening. Otherwise look for fair skies tonight with warm and muggy lows in the upper 70s and maybe a few pockets of patchy fog late. Thursday will be a persistence forecast… it will be hot and humid again with a lingering front in the vicinity. This will lead to isolated afternoon/evening showers or thunderstorms with highs in the lower to mid 90s. Heat indices could reach as high as 107 Thursday afternoon with another heat advisory in place. Higher rain chances look to develop Friday as an upper trough approaches… especially in the afternoon and evening. Look for widely scattered showers and thunderstorms with a marginal risk of strong or severe storms and the potential of heavy rainfall with a high in the lower 90s. A lingering front/trough across the central Carolinas this weekend will bring seasonable heat and humidity with a high both Saturday and Sunday around or a little over 90. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely Saturday (60% chance) giving way to a lower chance of showers or thunderstorms (30% chance) Sunday. Early next week… a front lingers across the region bringing very typical August weather with hit or miss daily showers and thunderstorms and seasonable heat and humidity with a high around or a little over 90. 

WWAY FORECAST:                     

***A HEAT ADVISORY is in effect Thursday from 11am to 8pm for the Cape Fear. Heat index values could reach as high as 107 Thursday afternoon. Hot temperatures combined with high humidity could lead to heat illnesses. Drink plenty of fluids… stay in an air-conditioned room… stay out of the sun and check up on relatives and neighbors. Make sure pets have adequate shade and plenty of water.***

Rest of Tonight: Fair skies… warm and muggy. Low in the upper 70s. Winds light and variable. 

Thursday: Continued hot and humid. Partly cloudy skies with isolated afternoon showers or thunderstorms possible. High in the lower to mid 90s. Heat index values as high as 103-107 in the afternoon. Winds variable becoming south at 5-10 mph.   

Thursday Night: An isolated shower or thunderstorm possible early. Otherwise scattered clouds… warm and muggy. Low in the upper 70s.  

Friday: Clouds and sunshine with widely scattered mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Hot and humid high in the lower 90s. Heat index values as high as 102-106 in the afternoon.  

-Chief Meteorologist Lee Haywood 

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