THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND: We’ll start off today with partly to mostly sunny skies, but clouds will build during the heating of the day, and scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms can be expected to form this afternoon through the early evening. Not everyone will see rain today, but chances are rather high. Highs will be in the upper 80s to the lower 90s.

Sunday will be partly sunny, with scattered to numerous afternoon to early evening showers and storms. Highs will be in the upper 80s to the lower 90s.

Hotter temperatures start to return for Independence Day. We’ll have mostly sunny skies with a few scattered afternoon showers and storms. Highs will be in the upper 80s to the mid 90s.

REST OF THE WEEK: Tuesday will be mostly sunny and hot, with scattered afternoon showers and storms possible and highs in the upper 80s to the mid 90s.

Lower to mid 90s can be expected Wednesday as we’ll have mostly sunny skies and a small chance of isolated to scattered afternoon showers and storms.

Heat relief will be hard to find on Thursday. A few isolated showers and storms will be possible. It will be mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the lower 90s to the upper 90s.

On Friday we can expect mostly sunny, hot conditions, with a small chance of a few isolated to scattered showers and storms. Highs will again range throughout the 90s.

TROPICS: Tropical Storm Colin formed earlier this morning on the South Carolina coastline with winds at 40 mph. Colin is forecast to move northeast along the coast and out into open water by Monday while staying a weaker tropical storm. Heavy rain will be the main threat; some flash flooding may occur.

Tropical Storm Bonnie is over land in Central America with 40 mph winds and will move out over the Pacific Ocean later today. Bonnie is forecast to become a hurricane by late Monday or early Tuesday while staying just south of Mexico.

We have a tropical wave just west of the Windward Islands that is moving west-northwest, but it is moving into a harsh environment and further development is not expected through the next five days.

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