WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Your First Alert Forecast opens on this Monday evening with mostly clear skies as a high pressure ridge remains in control of the Carolinas. Lows will dip done into the comfortable 60s overnight. Highs will continue to ping the seasonable middle and upper 80s through the first days of Summer amid partly or mostly sunny skies. Be safe in and around the water with a moderate risk of rip currents and surf temperature just shy of 80 degrees.
Significant ran has been absent thus far in June. Unfortunately, rain chances will remain on the slim side, providing only a few backyards with a needed drink of water. Lawns will need to be watered conservatively going forward, but some slightly higher rain chances may emerge by late week and the weekend.
We are one step closer to the first named tropical storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. #Alberto should soon form in the Bay of Campeche. There should be no impacts for southeast NC. #WECTwx pic.twitter.com/WaIotqSofn
— Eric R. Davis WECT (@ericdavisWECT) June 17, 2024
In the tropics, Potential Tropical Cyclone One formed late Monday afternoon in the Bay of Campeche. This cyclone should soon become Tropical Storm Alberto. Portions of the Texas coastline are now under Tropical Storm Warnings . In that same timeframe, another area of low pressure has a low chance of development off the southeastern coast of the US. Regardless of development, neither of these systems pose a direct threat to the Carolinas.
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