More Sunshine But More Storms Rest of Holiday Weekend

Hope you had a great Fourth of July holiday Friday Unfortunately it was quite a soggy day but at least it cleared out in time for the fireworks The rest of this holiday weekend will feature selected minor changes mainly in the form of a bit more dry time and more sunshine but scattered showers and storms are still expected The reason being is that we will be in the moisture tail of Tropical Depression Three that formed off the Southeast US coast This will essentially keep moisture levels high and focus storms across our area For our Saturday expect particular sunshine in the morning giving way to more clouds and scattered showers and storms for the afternoon It should then clear up for the evening hours High temperatures will be a bit hotter reaching the upper s to around F It will also turn rather gusty with winds reaching - mph Then on Sunday it should be fairly similar with sun to clouds and selected afternoon showers and storms With a south to southwest wind still in place that will drive highs up and into the low s Heading into next week it should turn a bit drier and brighter with our typical summertime pattern returning That means specific morning showers followed by afternoon inland storms are expected Perhaps there will be a bit of a bump in activity midweek as an upper level low passes to our south Tropical update Tropical Depression Three formed Friday afternoon off the Southeast US coast It is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Chantal before moving onshore into South Carolina Sunday morning It s not forecast to be a very impactful storm but will still swirl in gusty rain bands across parts of the Southeast this weekend