Arthur may become 4th of July hurricane

(CNN) -- If you're planning on traveling over the Fourth of July to the East Coast, watch out for Arthur.

The first named tropical storm of the season may make driving hazardous on Wednesday and Thursday but should not spoil most of Friday's festivities, as it veers away from land.

Arthur looks like it will spare the colossal fireworks show on Washington's National Mall, weather forecasters say, whisking out of range.

The storm is expected to morph into a Category 1 hurricane on Thursday, farther south off the coast of North Carolina, with top wind speeds of 75 mph.

But it is predicted to track off to the east in time for Washington's show.

If predictions turn out to be off by a day, the nation could get live television coverage of the season's first hurrican

That would be unfortunate if it such an occurrence was to happen. You can't control Mother Nature and this time of the year I am so use to heavy rain in the Midwest region. I live in a city area and never been in a hurricane. There was only 1 time in July 2006 when a tornado nearly blew through our area. That was so incredibly scary. Usually when a hurricane comes, we get the leftover of heavy rain and thunderstorms.