PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Hurricane Debby comes inland this morning at 7 a.m. near Steinhatchee, Florida as a category 1.
Debby will continue to produce a life-threatening storm surge along the Big Bend of Florida’s Gulf coastline, and torrential rain as it slowly moves to the north-northeast into southeastern Georgia.
The models handling this tropical system are in good consensus about Debby’s track through Tuesday, but the models dramatically diverge after that, leaving the forecast for Debby’s track highly uncertain for the end of the week.
We know for sure that Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina will potentially experience historical flooding through the end of the week.
Today in the Piedmont, the weather is going to be much, much calmer.
We’ll have mostly sunny skies for the rest of the morning, then increasing clouds this afternoon. Highs are going to rise to the upper-80s, and the heat index is likely to stay in the mid-90s through the afternoon.
There is a slim, 20% chance of isolated showers this afternoon.
Tonight, we’ll have partly to mostly cloudy skies and lows in the lower-70’s.
Tuesday brings a 30% chance of showers with highs in the mid-80s.
We’ll have highs in the lower-80s Wednesday with a 40% chance of showers as the track of Debby starts to turn northward from the coast of South Carolina.
Rain chances (as of today) are looking substantial (80%) on Thursday and Friday, with rainfall totals between 1″ and 4″. Of course, the high uncertainty about Debby’s location at the end of the work week makes it very difficult to determine how much rain we’ll ultimately have. Temperatures are going to be cooler, in the upper-70s and lower-80s Thursday and Friday.
This weekend, lingering showers may make Saturday less than ideal for outdoor activities, but Sunday will bring sunnier skies to the forecast.
Highs will be in the mid-80s both days.
