First Alert Forecast: heat and other hazards at home but quiet in the tropics

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Great to see you late on this Wednesday. Your First Alert Forecast catalogs more heat and humidity for the Cape Fear Region into and through the weekend. Expect steamy 90+ afternoons, sultry 70+ nights, and stressful 100+ heat index values at times.

Please exercise extreme caution if you are headed into the ocean on Thursday. There is a high rip current risk for Brunswick county beaches and a moderate risk elsewhere. If caught in a rip, let it carry you out then swim parallel to the beach to get out. #WECTwx #ILMwx pic.twitter.com/8a7WzoUnY9
— Eric R. Davis WECT (@ericdavisWECT) July 21, 2022

Other hazards in your First Alert Forecast include low to medium daily odds for classically heavy pop-up summer storms and, in the 83-degree surf: a rip current risk of moderate for east-facing beaches and high for the beaches of the Brunswick Islands.

While hazards present as heat, storms, and rip currents at home, the tropics remain quiet - largely thanks to plentiful Saharan dust. Atlantic tropical storm development chances may trend a bit higher toward the end of the July but, for now, enjoy the calm! pic.twitter.com/8WRWjBvyyg
— Gannon Medwick (@medwick) July 20, 2022

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Though the Carolinas face no tropical threats now, please stay alert and prepared: wect.com/hurricane.

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