The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has warned that a weather system in the southeast will likely have many effects on the Outer Banks and northeastern North Carolina, mainly on Monday and Tuesday. This weather system could become the eighth tropical cyclone of 2024.
Forecasters say there is a 50% chance that the latest storm (the X in the image below) will turn into a tropical cyclone. This system could become tropical very quickly, with less time to prepare than usual, even if it doesn’t.
We’ll start seeing gusty winds from the east at 20 mph late Sunday morning. It will start to rain early Monday morning, and it could fall 4 to 6 inches on Ocracoke and Hatteras islands. This could lead to overwash on NC 12 and small coastal floods that could make it hard to get around on both islands.
High waves, dangerous rip currents, and rough seas will be caused by this storm.
Helene will be the name of the next tropical storm. After a month without any storms, Tropical Storm Gordon was called on Friday. It is not currently a threat to land.