First Alert Forecast: cool and dry Friday, changes for the weekend
Your First Alert Forecast for Thursday evening Apr. 15, 2021 By Gannon Medwick | April 16, 2021 at 4:18 AM EDT - Updated April 16 at 4:18 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Hello! Your First Alert Forecast opens with a completely dry Friday across the Cape Fear Region. Despite intervals of sun, crisp northerly breezes ought to ensure temperatures stay below their mid-April averages. Readings will have climbed to the brisk upper 60s and lower 70s in the afternoon after spending some time in the chilly upper 40s and lower 50s first thing.
Do you remember what you were doing ten years ago? You were probably staying weather-aware! The worst tornado outbreak in North Carolina happened April 16, 2011. In all, 31 twisters, including many EF-2s and EF-3s, ravaged central and eastern parts of the state. The strongest of the Cape Fear Region was the Bladenboro-Elizabethtown tornado: it killed one person and damaged many stru
First Alert Forecast (4/16AM)
First Alert 7 Forecast By Lexie Walker | April 16, 2021 at 6:12 AM CDT - Updated April 16 at 7:36 AM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) -
A cold front that’s moving into our area continues to spark some heavy rainfall & embedded thunderstorms. Rain showers will continue into late this afternoon but all precipitation will come to an end by this evening. As the cold front moves south along with higher instability being present a few storms could be on the strong to severe side with quarter sized hail and 60 mph winds.
As the cold front continues to sink south by Friday morning, look for gusty north winds which will help usher in a much colder airmass! Temperatures will likely fall into the 50s for much of the area. Winds out of the northeast at 5 to 15mph during most of the day but will increase to 10 to 20mph out of the north with gusts higher. With the cooler air, expect overnight lows Friday into Saturday to drop into the 30s and 40s.
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After a warm day today, the NBC Connecticut First Alert meteorologists are tracking a change coming tomorrow when rain is expected to change to wet snow in the hills Thursday night and Friday morning.
There is a possibility of snow accumulating, especially in the northwest hills. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
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Nothing harder than forecasting April snow amounts, so I won t..yet. Chances are increasing, especially in the Hills of northern CT. #NBCCTpic.twitter.com/VJjYr0DmT6 Bob Maxon (@bobmaxon) April 14, 2021
FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Active weather continues for the next several days
FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Wednesday, April 14 - 6 a.m. By Steve Caparotta | April 14, 2021 at 4:48 AM CDT - Updated April 14 at 6:34 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Active weather will continue for the next several days as a cold front meanders near the northern Gulf Coast and periodic upper-air disturbances trigger rounds of showers and thunderstorms along the boundary. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for the entire WAFB viewing area through noon on Thursday. Flood watches and warnings until noon on Thursday, April 15. (Source: WAFB)
For today, the pattern looks quite similar, with showers and thunderstorms expected to fire to our west during the early morning hours and then tracking eastward through our area from mid-morning into the afternoon.
First Warning Forecast: Wednesday brings the threat of strong to severe storms
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Meteorologist April Loveland s First Warning Forecast
Mostly clear overnight. Lows will cool to near 50.
Rain and storms will return on Wednesday as a cold front moves through. Showers will move in Wednesday afternoon (mainly after 3 PM) and continue into Wednesday night. Strong to severe storms are possible with heavy downpours, gusty winds, and pockets of hail. Highs will warm to near 70 tomorrow.
A few morning showers on Thursday followed by partly sunny skies. It will be cooler with highs in the mid 60s.