WE ARE TRACKING WIND, RAIN AND ROUGH SURF

WEATHER ALERT DAY SATURDAY

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS

SHOWERS THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY

TEMPERATURES WARMING NEXT WEEK

Tonight: Cloudy, showers late, windy and mild. Lows 57-63. Winds northeast 10-25 mph.

Saturday: Cloudy, rain, thunderstorms, windy and cooler. Highs 65-72. Winds northeast 15-25 mph.

Saturday Night: Cloudy, rain, thundershowers and windy. Lows 62-67. Winds east 10-20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers and pleasant. Highs 74-79. Winds southeast 5-15 mph.

Tropical Forecast: The Hurricane Season starts June 1st. A coastal low is developing and moving north, off of the southeastern US coast. This area is not expected to become tropical or sub-tropical. It will produce winds near tropical storm strength, but remaining a coastal low. There are no other areas in the Atlantic Basin where tropical cyclone development is expected over the next seven days. We are tracking the tropics to keep you alert to the severe weather danger.

Marine Forecast: Gale Warning until 4pm Saturday. Seas will be 5' to 13' and water temperatures are in the upper 60s at the Crystal Coast and on the Outer Banks. The Rivers and Sounds are in the mid 60s and will be very rough on Saturday. Winds will be from the northeast 25-30 knots, gusts to 45 knots at the Crystal Coast and on the Outer Banks. Low tide is at 8:14am and high tide is at 1:53pm.

Weather Summary:

We are tracking a coastal low in the StormTrack 12 Weather Center. The low will slowly drift northward tonight and push a warm front ahead of it. A coastal trough will curl from the low to along our coast. Rain will increase and possibly a thundershower through the overnight. Rain and wind will be the feature of this system.Windy conditions will build through Saturday, with gusts 40 to 45 miles per hour. A Coastal Flood Warning runs until for Pamlico and southern Craven counties. A Coastal Flood Advisory for Beaufort County and eastern Carteret County. Water level rises to 4 feet along the Neuse and Bay Rivers into the Pamlico Sound. 2 to 3 feet in water level rises for the Pamlico River and southern Pamlico Sound. Lows will be in the upper 50s inland and low 60s at the coast.

The low will slowly drift northward tonight and push a warm front ahead of it. A coastal trough will curl from the low to along our coast. Rain will increase and possibly a thundershower through the overnight. Rain and wind will be the feature of this system. Lows will be in the upper 50s inland and low 60s at the coast.

The low is expected to move inland between Charleston and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina on Saturday. This will spread more wide spread, sometime heavier rain into eastern Carolina. This continues westward into the southern Appalachians. You will see rain likely and some thundershowers are possible. Windy conditions, with higher gusts, will remain across the region. A Weather Alert Day for these adverse conditions to start the weekend. Highs will be in the mid to upper 60s inland and low 70s inland and at the beaches.

The low should be inland in South Carolina on Saturday night. A warm front will move into our area, with rain and possibly some thundershowers. Chances will be at 90 percent. It should remain windy as the low pushes north, along the South and North Carolina border. Lows will be in the low 60s inland and upper 60s along the coast.

The low will cross our area on Sunday. There is a 50 percent chance for showers, especially through midday. Even through the day will remain breezy, the winds will start to settle a bit later in the day. Highs will be in the mid 70s at the beaches and upper 70s inland.

StormTrack 12 meteorologists are tracking a chance for scattered showers on Monday. Memorial Day will warm a bit. The low should move to the east and a high will nudge down the eastern side of the southern Appalachians.

A high will move into the Mid-Atlantic States on Tuesday. The low remains off the coast and a dissipating front drops south. There is another 40 percent chance for scattered showers.

You will hit mid-week, with the high settling into our area. Skies should be partly cloudy and there could be a isolated shower. The chances are at 20 percent at best.

The high will continue in the area. Temperatures should be near normal and skies partly cloudy.

The high should start Friday as a mostly sunny day. A cold front will drop south and in our direction later in the day. The front will be moving out of the Great Lakes and southern Canada into the Ohio Valley. A few clouds may sneak back in as the front moves south.

Highs will be in the low to mid 80s Monday through Friday. Lows will be in the low to mid 60s Sunday night through Friday night.

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Our normal high 82, low 62.