WE ARE TRACKING NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES

SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS WEEK

BETTER RAIN CHANCE FOR THE WEEKEND

A SHOWER CHANCE FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. Highs 73-78. Winds north 10-20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy and cool. Lows 57-62. Winds north 5-10 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers and pleasant. Highs 72-77. Winds northeast 10-15 mph.

Tropical Forecast: The Hurricane Season starts June 1st. There is an area northeast of the Bahamas, with disorganized thundershowers. The Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on it, but upper level winds and dry conditions should influence this area and development is not expected. 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: Small Craft Advisory until 8pm Thursday. Seas will be 2' to 7' and water temperatures are in the low 70 at the Crystal Coast and on the Outer Banks. The Rivers and Sounds are in the low 70s and will be rough on Tuesday. Winds will be from the northeast 20-25 knots, gusts to 30 knots at the Crystal Coast and on the Outer Banks. High tide is at 10:47am and low tide is at 4:21pm.

Weather Summary:

We are tracking high pressure in the StormTrack 12 Weather Center. The high remains near the coast of Nova Scotia on Tuesday. A low will move along the northern Gulf of Mexico to near Tampa, Florida. You will see mostly cloudy skies across eastern Carolina, as moisture from the gulf low pushes north, along the eastern side of the southern Appalachians. Highs will be in the low to mid 70s at the beaches and mid to upper 70s inland.

The high remains as an influence over our area on Tuesday night. The low in the Gulf of Mexico will slide across the Florida Peninsula. Moisture from the low will bring a mostly cloudy night. You can expect cool temperatures again. Lows will be in the upper 50s inland and low 60s along the coast.

The low will move into the Atlantic, off the southeast coast, on Wednesday. A cold front will drop south through Virginia and into our area. This will bring a partly to mostly cloudy mid-week and there is a chance for isolated to scattered showers. Highs will be in the low to id 70s inland and at the beaches.

StormTrack 12 meteorologists are tracking a cold front dropping across our area on Thursday. This is mainly a dry front and should bring enough clouds for mostly cloudy skies.

The front will be south on Friday. The low off the southeast coast will start to lift north and near our coast on Friday. The low will push a warm front and north and off of the coast. There could be a slight chance for showers, at 20 percent.

The low will be over the Outer Banks and Pamlico Sound on Saturday. Expect the holiday weekend to start with cloudy skies and a 50-50 shot at showers.

The front will drift north on Sunday and leave us with a 20 percent chance for scattered showers and mostly cloudy skies.

The low will be north of our area and along the Virginia coast on Monday. Memorial Day will see a chance for scattered showers. It is 20 percent, although, the high in the Tennessee Valley will start to move into the region.

Highs will be in the mid 70s to near 80 Thursday through Monday. Lows will be in the mid to upper 50s Wednesday night through Monday night.

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Our normal high 82, low 60.