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Spot Forecast for Surf City Fireworks...Town of Surf City EM
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
529 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 EDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...or if you have questions
or concerns about this forecast...contact the National Weather
Service in Wilmington at 910-762-1374.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry high pressure will prevail Thursday through this upcoming
weekend, keeping rain chances to isolated at best mainly along
the daily afternoon/evening inland progressing sea breeze starting
Sunday. Daytime max temperatures along the coast will increase by a
degree or 2 each consecutive day with the immediate coast seeing
90+ degree readings by Friday that will continue through the July
4th Holiday weekend. This will result in dangerously hot and humid
conditions starting Friday that will continue straight through
the holiday weekend.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....85-91.
Min humidity........65-79 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south 6 to 11 mph late in
                    the morning.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  2   2   1   1   1   1   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  85  85  85  86  85  85  85
RH..............78  74  73  73  73  74  75  76
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.5   5   7   8   11  11  11  11
Surface wnd gst.6   7   9   13  15  16  16  16

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Min temperature.....73-78.
Max humidity........86-97 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 6 to 11 mph shifting to the 6
                    to 7 mph early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   0   0   2   3   5   4   3   2   3   4   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............84  83  82  82  81  80  79  79  79  78  77  77
RH..............78  80  83  83  85  86  88  89  89  90  91  92
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.11  9   9   9   9   8   8   8   7   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.15  15  14  13  13  12  12  10  10  9   8   8

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of thunder...0 percent.
Max temperature.....85-93.
Min humidity........65-79 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 6 to 13 mph.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   7   8   8   7   6   7   8   8   10  12  14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............78  78  79  82  84  86  87  87  87  87  88  88
RH..............93  93  91  85  79  74  74  75  77  75  74  74
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.6   6   6   7   8   9   11  12  13  13  13  13
Surface wnd gst.7   7   8   9   10  13  15  16  18  18  20  20

$$
Forecaster...Hoehler
Requested by...James Horne
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2615228.0/ILM
.DELDT 07/01/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jhorne@surfcitync.gov