Tropical Advisories for NC Coast for Erin. Isolated Storm Risk for Piedmont

AND THAT WAS CHANNING FRAMPTON REPORTING. ALL RIGHT. SOME GOOD INFORMATION THERE. HOPE WE DON’T NEED IT ANYTIME SOON. BUT GOSH, MID AUGUST HERE. WE’RE CLOSING IN IN A FEW WEEKS. ON THE HEIGHT OF HURRICANE SEASON. AND YOU’VE GOT AARON OUT THERE THAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT AND SOME OTHER THINGS TOO LOCALLY. HI, LANEY. THAT’S RIGHT. YEAH. IN THE SUMMER, FOR SOME FOLKS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR OTHER FOLKS AS WELL. THINGS HERE. PRETTY CALM RIGHT NOW. BUT YES, OF COURSE WE’RE BUSY IN THE WEATHER CENTER TRACKING AIR. AND I HAVE THE LATEST FOR YOU COMING UP. WE’VE GOT TEMPS TOMORROW MORNING AT THE BUS STOP AROUND 70 DEGREES. YOU’VE GOT CLOUDS, YOU’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF FOG. SHOULD BE PRETTY DRY. IT’S BEEN WARM AND MUGGY THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER TOMORROW. RIGHT NOW WE’RE SITTING AT 85 IN GREENSBORO AND REIDSVILLE, AS WELL AS MOUNT AIRY, 79, IN NORTH WILKESBORO. AND THAT’S ONLY BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER OVER OUR MOUNTAIN AND FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES. I DO THINK WE’LL SEE AT LEAST A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING, BUT OTHERWISE THINGS SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET OVERNIGHT. DOWN ALONG THE COASTLINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT TROPICAL STORM WATCH THAT HAS BEEN POSTED IN ANTICIPATION OF ERIN COMING VERY CLOSE TO OUR COASTLINE. WE’LL WAIT FOR IT. RIGHT? WE’VE STILL GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. THE HIGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON, 82. IN THE TRIAD. WE WILL SEE. POSSIBLY A SHOWER, BUT SHOULD BE PRETTY DRY OUT THERE. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S IN THE FOOTHILLS UP TO 82 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. KIND OF A COOLER EASTERLY BREEZE OUT THERE. STILL GOING TO BE KIND OF DAMP, BUT I DO THINK IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE COMFORTABLE AS THE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A LITTLE LOWER AND WE’LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOUD COVER. NOW ONE OF THE THINGS GOING TO COME INTO PLAY WITH AARON’S TRACK. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BIG RIDGE OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, BUT ALSO A FRONT THAT IS RIGHT NOW DROPPING DOWN OUT OF CANADA AND THAT FRONT AND THAT TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH IT ARE GOING TO TRY TO HELP KEEP AARON OFF SHORE. AND WE DO STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS STORM IS GOING TO BE LARGELY OFFSHORE. IT’S JUST THE FAR WESTERN EDGES THAT MAY KIND OF CLIP ALONG THE COASTLINE. AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO. THAT’S WHY WE’VE BEEN KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE WITH THIS. AS YOU WATCH THIS STORM SYSTEM WORK ITS WAY CLOSER TO THE COASTLINE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY, YOU CAN SEE POTENTIALLY SOME OF THOSE OUTER RAIN BANDS COULD HIT PARTS OF THE OUTER BANKS, AND THAT IS IN THAT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY TIME FRAME. MEANWHILE, THAT FRONT IS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST. NOW THE HURRICANE CENTER TRACK IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE COMPUTER MODEL FORECASTS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THEM ARE STILL WEST OF THAT. THAT’S WHY WE USE THAT CONE IN THOSE OUT PERIODS THREE, FOUR, DAY FIVE. AND AS WE LOOK AT THAT, THE STORM SYSTEM COULD TRACK ANYWHERE IN THAT CONE AREA. SO THE FARTHER WEST THAT IT TRACKS. AND BY THE WAY, THE HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST TRACK HAS BEEN KIND OF NUDGED WESTWARD ALL WEEK LONG. AND OVER THE WEEKEND, THE FARTHER WEST IT IS, THE MORE IMPACTS WE’LL SEE ALONG OUR COASTLINE. AND THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR MAINLY THE OUTER BANKS, BUT ALSO DOWN THROUGH THE CRYSTAL COAST. SO CATEGORY FOUR STORM RIGHT NOW WITH 140 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. IT IS ENCOUNTERING SOME DRY AIR RIGHT NOW, SO IT’S A BIT RAGGED BUT EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS MAJOR HURRICANE STRENGTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. YOU’VE GOT TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS DOWN SOUTH RIGHT NOW, AND OF COURSE, YOU’VE GOT THAT ONE ADDITION TO OUR AREA TOO. SO WE’LL TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. START AROUND SURF CITY, SWINGING OUT TOWARD ATLANTIC BEACH ALL THE WAY UP TO HATTERAS, AND THEN ALSO ALONG THE OUTER BANKS ALL THE WAY UP INTO. DAVE WAS JUST TELLING ME, ACTUALLY UP INTO VIRGINIA. BUT FOR OUR PURPOSES UP TO THAT NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA BORDER WITH THE SOUNDS AS WELL AS DUCKS. SO FROM SURF CITY TO DUCK ON AVERAGE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ANTICIPATING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS, COULD HAVE SOME GUSTS TO 5025 TO 35 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. STORM SURGE SOME 2 TO 4FT. THOSE FORECAST WIND GUSTS MAY START AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN SORT OF RAMP UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. THAT’S WEDNESDAY EVENING. AND THEN NOTICE THAT BY THURSDAY MORNING, WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT MAY BE CLOSEST TO THE OUTER BANKS, WE’RE STARTING TO GET SOME OF THOSE 40 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. AND THEN BY FRIDAY, THIS STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BE MOVING AWAY. WE ALSO HAVE HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE CAROLINA COAST, INCLUDES SOUTH CAROLINA ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE OUTER BANKS. THAT HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS UP THROUGH SATURDAY. SO ALL WEEK LONG WE’RE LOOKING AT WAVE HEIGHTS THAT ARE GOING TO START TO GO UP CLOSE TO SHORE. FIVE, TEN, 15 FOOT WAVES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON JUST HOW CLOSE THIS STORM SYSTEM DOES TRACK TO THE CAROLINA COAST. SO THAT IS SOMETHING, OF COURSE, THAT WE WILL BE WATCHING CLOSELY IN THE COMING DAYS. IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE TRIAD, WE’RE GOING TO SEE VERY LITTLE FROM THIS. WE’LL HAVE ISOLATED STORM CHANCES. SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WITH THAT FRONT COMING IN, BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WE’LL BE A LITTLE COOLER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. ALSO COULD HAVE SOM