Carolina Shores, NC Weather Forecast
Brunswick County, North Carolina
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Carolina Shores, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Carolina Shores, NC at a glance
Carolina Shores is home to about 5,307 people in Brunswick County, across 2.9 square miles. It ranks 137th by population of 230 places in North Carolina with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Sunset Beach, 4 miles away.
- County
- Brunswick County
- Population
- 5,307 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,848
- Forecast point
- 33.9079°N, 78.5731°W
How well can the network see Carolina Shores?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLTX (Wilmington, NC), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 510 ft above Carolina Shores. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Carolina Shores show up clearly. Carolina Shores is closer to its radar than 96% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCRE (North Myrtle Beach/Grand Strand Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Carolina Shores
- Sunset Beach, NC4 mi
- North Myrtle Beach, SC9 mi
- Shallotte, NC12 mi
- Loris, SC21 mi
- Myrtle Beach, SC23 mi
- Tabor City, NC24 mi
- Oak Island, NC26 mi
- St. James, NC27 mi
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