Dry Weather to Stay Through Independence Day

Hi, I’m Storm Team 9 Meteorologist Gannon Medwick!

With a high pressure system still in control of North Carolina’s weather, expect mainly sunny and dry weather for our Independence Day.  Inland highs will be near 94 Friday and the beaches will have highs in the 80s in this time.

As the holiday weekend progresses, said high pressure system will slide off the East Coast and humidity will seep back into the Carolinas.  At the same time, a slow moving cold front will approach the Carolinas from the north.  This setup will yield chances for scattered thunderstorms (chances at 20% Saturday, 40-50% Sunday and Monday, and 30% Monday).  Let’s hope for some dry weather relief!

Tropical Storm Bertha formed earlier today near the coast of Africa.  Bertha features sustained winds of 40mph and is moving west-northwest at 10mph but it’s nearly 3500 miles away from the Southeast Coast of the United States.  Bertha is forecast to track slightly north of west for many days.  Usually, tropical weather systems that are located where Bertha is and have a northward component to their motion do not go on to affect North America.  In any case, we’ve a long time to watch what becomes of T. S. Bertha.

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