The very warm and muggy conditions that the region has been experiencing
since Saturday is on the verge of ending. One weak cold front moved through
Tuesday without developing much precipitation and without bringing the area
much cooler or drier air. Today a stronger front will push through during with
evening with a slight chance of thunderstorms along the front. This will set
the area up for a cool and comfortable Thursday and 4th of
July. High pressure with push east on
Saturday allowing warmer and more humid conditions to return starting on
Sunday. The first system of the 2014 Atlantic
Hurricane Season formed on Monday and it will threaten Eastern North Carolina
early Friday morning.
Currently the area is experiencing the last day in a series
of very warm and humid days that begun on Saturday. Temperatures reached 90
degrees on Saturday and have remained in the mid to upper 80’s since with dew
points in the middle 60’s to lower 70’s.
There is a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm on the front as it
moves through the area. High temperatures on Thursday and July 4th
will be in the lower to middle 70’s with comfortable humidity.
On Sunday temperatures will warm-up in earnest as the flow
returns out of the south and west. Humidity will also be on the increase during
the start of the work week with the chance of thunderstorms increasing as a storm
approaches the area for mid-week.
The big weather story this week for the nation is the season’s first
Atlantic tropical system. It formed off
the Florida coast from a surface low that moved off the Southeast US coast. As
of the 2pm advisory it is a strengthening tropical storm with 60mph winds
moving north at 7mph. It is expected to strength
to a hurricane during the next 24 hours as it moves very close if not over
Eastern North Carolina early Friday morning.
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