One update you on the tropics,
obviously it die has been the big story for
Eastern North Carolina and Hampton Roads.
The center is over water now.
It is going to move away and thank
goodness it is moving along quickly
right now E northeast at about 21 mph
we're going to keep this thing moving.
The center will pass well to the
South of Ocracoke and Hatteras.
So the center is down to the South,
but it's still throwing quite a
bit of wind back at the coast.
And there's still some issues
that we're going to deal with.
You'll notice how it eventually heads off,
maybe dips a little bit to the southeast,
but should get carried off
to the northeast and away.
Let's pick up the futurecast here and talk
about that heavier rain for North Carolina.
Again, this activity will be winding
down as the morning continues,
scattered showers through the middle part
of the day and then drier conditions
as we head through the afternoon.
Note the winds and I've got the
arrows here showing the winds
coming in from the northeast.
That's going to keep our
tide levels running high.
So coastal flooding,
still a concern around the tides and
that's going to be the big issues,
will be drying and clearing out later tonight
and tomorrow looks pretty good as well.
Temperatures stay mild today and
tomorrow with highs in the 70s.
It warms up over the weekend.
All right.
Now to talk a little bit about the winds,
again,
wrapping around on the north and
backside of the system as it pulls away.
We still have these Northeast.
There's a pretty good pressure gradient
between that low pressure down to the
South and higher pressure that's trying
to build them from the Northwest.
What we're going to find and this
is based on the European model.
I could pick any number of models,
but I wanted to show you the euro
model here is it's got a pretty
good handle on things through
the mid morning 839 o'clock,
we could see some gusts.
Virginia Beach around 4546 mph,
certainly a possibility.
Elizabeth City,
35 to 40 mile per hour gusts Matthews 38.
In Hampton we could see gusts around
40 or so, maybe 41.
So pretty breezy across the region.
Watch what happens down at Hatter.
So as we go through the afternoon system
starts to pull a little bit farther to
the east and gets closer to Hatteras.
Those winds picking up as that
center still to the South of
Hatteras is a little closer there.
We could see some gusts to 65, maybe 66 mph.
Again,
that's extreme S most of us are going to
find winds gusting up between say 40 and 50,
right at the coast.
That includes Virginia Beach,
Hampton, still with gusts around 41.
Now as we go through the
overnight and into tomorrow,
the winds are a little bit lighter.
Still some pretty strong
gusts around Hatters,
but things in general will
be improving after that.
All right, it's Sewell's point.
With the winds coming in,
we're going to see potential.
Minor tidal flooding with
the morning high tide,
moderate tidal flooding with
the evening high tide at 10:20,
That's what we expect for Hampton Roads.
Sewell's point. That is the official
measuring gauge for Norfolk.
And that's what we keep our records when
we talk about tide levels for Yorktown.
Tide levels at a point where we get
minor tidal flooding this morning,
maybe a little bit higher for the
evening high tide right 4.9 feet around
Duck Pier though while we come through
minor to maybe moderate this morning,
it's going to potentially
reach that threshold of major
tidal flooding this evening.
So we'll continue to watch that.
Two other systems to mention while
we're here covering the tropics,
we have Franklin.
This is the one that was kicking up
the surf action earlier in the week.
It is pulling away.
It's now to the northeast of Bermuda
and it is going to accelerate
off before weakening over.
The North Atlantic is a remnant low and
we had Jose develop early this morning.
We've been so busy with you,
Dalia, we've hardly mentioned Jose,
but it's out there in the Central Atlantic.
This is a fish storm.
It's not going to amount to much and it
is forecast to not last very long either,
maybe a day or so and then it
should weaken later on Friday.
That's a look at the tropics.
Again, very important to stay weather aware,
especially if you are in an area
that is impacted by tidal flooding.
We do have that potential for minor
to moderate tidal flooding and
we do have coastal flood warnings
up for Hampton Roads.