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Spot Forecast for EMD - GCPR Take a Kid Fishing...Georgetown County Emergency Management
National Weather Service Wilmington NC
1208 PM EDT Fri May 8 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on May 09.
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...
After a brief drying trend today, more showers and storms are
possible at times over the weekend into early next week before dry
air arrives again Tuesday or Wednesday. Rainfall amounts are
unlikely to be substantial. A stray thunderstorm is possible on
Saturday morning; lightning chances are very low.

Wind profile analysis/fire control over flat terrain is Favorable.

Fog potential for tonight is Low.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers and
                    slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning,
                    then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........78 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming southwest around 6 mph
                    late in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  82  82  81  80  79  79  78  74  71  67
Weather cov.....CHC DEF LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  10
Temp............62  64  67  68  70  71  72  73  74  75  75
RH..............96  99  100 100 100 98  94  91  83  83  80
Surface wnd dir.S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.1   1   2   4   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
Surface wnd gst.5   6   7   9   13  13  14  14  14  14  13

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Chance of thunder...20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Max humidity........99 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds around 6 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........67  67  67  70  72  75  80  91  93  90  87  93
Weather cov.....CHC CHC                         SCH     SCH CHC
Weather type....RW  RW                          RW      RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH                         SCH     SCH SCH
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  20  20  20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............74  73  71  70  69  68  67  66  65  65  64  63
RH..............79  81  85  91  95  95  97  99  100 100 100 100
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  S   S   SW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.6   4   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Surface wnd gst.13  10  8   8   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   5

$$
Forecaster...Baker
Requested by...Loren Wallace
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2613141.0/ILM
.DELDT 05/08/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bgoodale@gtcountysc.gov,cwallace@gtcountysc.gov,jgoodale@gtcountysc.gov