First Alert Forecast: staying summery but with less intense heat at times

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Great to see you late on this Wednesday. Your First Alert Forecast continues with a puff of ever-so-slightly cooler northeast breezes. Still, temperatures Wednesday night will be steamy in the lower 70s. Keep your heat precautions top-of-mind and in-practice with afternoon high temperatures mainly in the upper 80s to lower 90s and heat index values mainly in the upper 90s to near 100. Generally storm-free skies and a lower-end rip current risk round-out your Thursday forecast and, with little more than a southern Caribbean disturbance in the tropics, even distant weather concerns are limited.

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Even though the tropics are quiet, vigilance and preparedness is key this time of year: wect.com/hurricane.

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