Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey's First Warning Forecast
Some good news and bad news as we head into the Easter weekend.
First the bad news: Saturday is going to be wet, windy and cold.
We expect high temperatures, barely getting out of the 40s, scattered showers throughout the day (especially across Eastern North Carolina) and a gusty northeast wind. We will likely see wind gusts into the 30s.
And that gusty, persistent northeast wind will bring us the threat for tidal flooding. We may see some moderate flooding late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
The good news: rain chances on Easter Sunday are fairly low and our sky should be clearing.
We will enjoy plenty of sunshine by the afternoon, and it will be a few degrees warmer, with high temperatures near 57°.
And that warming trend continues heading into the work week.
We expect mostly sunny skies Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
And each day will get progressively warmer, starting at 60° on Monday and climbing to around 80° on Thursday.
It looks like we could end the work week with a little rain. Scattered showers are in the forecast for Friday but it will still be quite mild. Expect high temperatures in the upper 70s and lower 80s.
