The cooler, drier air has kept our afternoons pleasant with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, and overnight lows dropping into the 50s inland and 60s along the coast.

But the quiet pattern won’t last. Offshore, a developing low pressure system is spinning near a stalled front. While it’s still several hundred miles southeast of Cape Lookout, forecast models suggest it could wobble closer to the coast as we head into early next week. If that happens, scattered showers could begin brushing inland Sunday afternoon, and rain chances will rise through midweek.

The exact track of this system is still uncertain—some models bring it inland with more widespread rain, while others keep most of the moisture offshore. Either way, breezy conditions will continue, especially at the beaches, where gus

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