First Alert Forecast: variable rain chances before Thanksgiving

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Your First Alert Forecast is somewhat active, but not especially severe, in the week leading into Thanksgiving. Rain chances include 20-30% tonight and 30 to 50% Friday - highest right along the coast. Chances continue at 10% Saturday, 0% Sunday, 10% Monday, 50% Tuesday, 40% Wednesday, and 10% Thanksgiving Day. A potent system should affect the eastern U.S. prior to Thanksgiving Day causing travel issues.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Two has formed in the Caribbean. This system could be Tropical Storm Vince by Friday. It will track well away from the U.S. #WECTwx #ILMwx pic.twitter.com/PDhd2NKuJh
— Eric R. Davis WECT (@ericdavisWECT) November 16, 2023

The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season maintains a pulse as Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Two forms and continues to grow and organize in the Jamaican portion of the Caribbean Sea. This system could briefly become Tropical Storm Vince on Friday. Another system near Florida carries near zero odds for subtropical development. The systems that will bring the aforenoted Cape Fear shower chances will prevent these items from impacting the Carolinas in any case.

Track temps, too, in your seven-day forecast: http://webpubcontent.gray.tv/wect/MAXSevendayWECT.jpg.

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