Lots of clouds will linger for most of Thursday (with more sunshine late), but it will be dry, with afternoon highs mainly in the 70s.   It will be quite breezy, with NE winds around 15 mph and a couple of higher gusts.

Skies will clear Thursday night, with lows dropping into the mid and upper 50s.

A nice stretch of weather is coming up, with mostly sunny skies for Friday, and a good deal of sunshine continuing through much of the upcoming Holiday weekend.

**If you’re going to the beach through late Thursday, be on the lookout for large ocean wave swells and dangerous rip currents.  This is due to departing Hurricane Franklin, moving further out into the Atlantic Ocean, and the remnants of Hurricane Idalia moving off the North Carolina coast and passing to our south.   These Tropical systems will churn up the ocean and could be dangerous to swimmers and cause some minor tidal flooding at low-lying areas along the shore.    Wave conditions will settle down by Friday.**