Chief Meteorologist Patrick Rockey’s First Warning Forecast
After days of beautiful wall-to-wall sunshine, a coastal storm is going to bring us some really ugly weather heading into the weekend.
That coastal storm is expected to develop along the east coast of Florida and move north into the Carolinas.
Could it become a tropical storm in the warm waters off the coast? It's certainly possible.
But I think whether it does or doesn't, the result for us will be pretty much the same.
We can expect drenching downpours, gusty winds and the threat for flooding.
Clouds will really thicken up on Thursday as the storm moves north.
By the time you wake up on Friday morning, it'll already be quite breezy and showers are possible.
Those rain chances go way up along with the wind speeds Friday afternoon and Friday evening.
Bands of heavy rain could cause some flash flooding.
Our forecast models are hinting at some very heavy downpours.
Gusty east and northeast winds will bring us more flooding at times of high tide. The worst looks like it will be very early on Saturday morning. But we could see another round of flooding Saturday afternoon.
On Saturday, the bands of rain and storms will become more widely scattered. So there will be periods of dry weather.
Sunday is looking like the pick day this weekend. Some rain may linger into Sunday morning. And it'll still be quite breezy. But we expect most of the day will be dry, with sunshine breaking out by the afternoon. Stay tuned.
