WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Stay alert this Monday afternoon and evening! Pay attention to your body amid heat index values that could crest up to around 105 and stay rested, hydrated, and neighborly. Also, keep an eye to the northwestern sky and your WECT Weather App for the potential for scattered, locally heavy, gusty storms in the afternoon and evening. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of the Cape Fear until 8 p.m.. Baseline winds ought to be southwesterly between 10 and 20 mph and the rip current risk is moderate to high.

After a hot and unsettled Monday, your First Alert Forecast features a tamer Tuesday with high temperatures mainly in the upper 80s and lower 90s and a shower / storm chance near 10%. Your First Alert Weather Team does not expect new tropical storm development across the Atlantic Basin – including the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean itself – through midweek. And, in the 80-degree surf, the rip current risk is likely to stay in the low to moderate camp Tuesday.

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