Heavy flooding rains South & North Carolina to Southern Virginia as potential cyclone moves inland

Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 has not become a tropical storm. The convection is elongated in an northwest southeast direction while the actual center lies to the south of the main convection. Offshore winds at the buoys are gusting to 50 mph or more. The issues for coastal North and South Carolina are coastal flooding at high tide and heavy rains that are moving inland.

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 It doesn't much matter whether it gets a name or not as it is moving inland later today and then northward into the Central Appalachians. Heavy rain remains the big issue from this system and 6 inches or more is possible along coastal North & South Carolina.

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 Meanwhile we have one more nice weather day making it 9 in a row. This is a rare feat indeed and sunshine will take highs to the upper 70s to near 80 this afternoon. The wind is onshore but the air still remains dry enough for a reasonable Monday.  Weather conditions are going to deteriorate tonight and Tuesday as clouds roll on in the east wind and the remaining low from Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 starts to move further inland and turn northward. Tuesday will also be more humid as dew points rise and highs again will be in the 70s.  We are likely to some rain developing from south to north overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. This rain will probably last into Wednesday afternoon ending from south to north. Rainfall amounts could be on the order of a half to three quarters of an inch for Eastern Pennsylvania to Southern New England but the heavy rains of several inches or more will be well to the south in Virginia and North Carolina.