WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Around lumbering low pressure, your First Alert Forecast stacks shower / thundershower chances of 20% Thursday, 50% Friday, 20% Saturday, 50% Mother’s Day, and 80% early next week. Rain’s well needed from a drought / fire standpoint; have your WECT Weather App to help you navigate your plans.
Temperatures will tilt to the higher side of average – which, at this point in May, is a daily high near 80 and a nightly low near 60 – for Thursday and Friday. Northeast flow ought to draw in slightly cooler numbers in the 70s and 50s over Mother’s Day weekend, especially in conjunction with any showers.
Thursday is day four of National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Your First Alert Weather Team wants you ready for the 2025 Atlantic season, which officially starts June 1. So, as we bring you topics to consider on the broadcast side, also be sure to read and heed the vast resources available at wect.com/hurricane…