Hot temperatures return to the Cape Fear
(WWAY) — Temperatures soar into the upper 80s this afternoon in the Cape Fear.
Look for abundant sunshine today with warm highs again in the mid 80s. Thursday will bring very little pattern change with sunshine and clouds with highs in the mid 80s. Friday and Saturday we expect sunshine and scattered clouds at times as high temperatures soar to near record and unseasonable levels reaching the upper 80s to near 90. The daily record is 89 Friday set back in 2006 and 93 Saturday set back in 1976. Sunday a cold front advances toward the region bringing partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon into Sunday night… but rainfall is expected to be rather sparse at this point. Highs again of the front in the mid to upper 80s. Behind this front next Monday… noticeably cooler air will move in with mostly sunny skies. Lows will bottom out in the lower 50s with afternoon highs in the lower 70s. High pressure fully dominates next Tuesday bringing plentiful sunshine with chilly lows in the mid to upper 40s and afternoon highs again in the lower 70s. Little or no rainfall is expected over the next 7 days and with moderate to severe drought in place… be very careful with flame and heed the North Carolina statewide burn burn in place. Also… water conservatively.
WWAY FORECAST:
Today: Abundant sunshine. Warm high in the mid 80s. Winds southwest becoming south at 10-15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear skies. Mild low in the lower 60s.
Thursday: Sunshine and cloud mixed. Continued warm with a high in the mid 80s.
Friday: Mostly sunny skies with temperatures into the upper 80s.
