A coastal North Carolina low pressure system is slowly moving north along the coast. The system is bringing strong thunderstorms offshore and may bring in strong to severe storms this evening for North Carolina’s beaches. As the warm front lifts north overnight and surface low pressure moves inland on Sunday, heavier bands of rain are expected to wrap into the Piedmont Triad and toward the Appalachian Mountains.The steady, light rainfall may bring a few hundredths of an inch per hour until heavy pockets of rain arrive Sunday. Rainfall totals are expected to be between 1.5 inches and 3 inches by Memorial Day. Areas along the Blue Ridge Parkway will remain under a slight risk for excessive rainfall until Sunday night. While ponding on the roadways and localized flooding are possible from Asheboro, Burlington, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point, the greater risk for flash flooding may develop to the west. Travel conditions may deteriorate quickly during thunderstorms as soaking rain and high precipitation rates are expected.More rain is expected on Monday as the upper low remains in place with reinforcements of heavy clouds and coastal moisture. Afternoon storms may develop on Sunday and Monday. Scattered showers may linger through Tuesday. Plentiful surface moisture and an unsettled pattern may bring stray storms through Wednesday.As the coastal low moves away from the beaches, weather at the coast improves Sunday. While Myrtle Beach closed to swimmers on Friday due to waves pummeling the beach and a high risk for rip currents, better beach weather with some sunshine is expected for Memorial Day. High surf advisories continue for now with waves of 7 to 10 feet expected near Wrightsville Beach. Waves on Sunday may drop back to 3 to 6 feet while surf conditions continue to improve by Monday. The Crystal coast areas from Emerald Isle to Atlantic Beach as well as the Northern Outerbanks may experience a high risk for rip currents and longshore currents Sunday with gradually improving surf conditions into Monday.
A coastal North Carolina low pressure system is slowly moving north along the coast. The system is bringing strong thunderstorms offshore and may bring in strong to severe storms this evening for North Carolina’s beaches. As the warm front lifts north overnight and surface low pressure moves inland on Sunday, heavier bands of rain are expected to wrap into the Piedmont Triad and toward the Appalachian Mountains.
The steady, light rainfall may bring a few hundredths of an inch per hour until heavy pockets of rain arrive Sunday. Rainfall totals are expected to be between 1.5 inches and 3 inches by Memorial Day. Areas along the Blue Ridge Parkway will remain under a slight risk for excessive rainfall until Sunday night. While ponding on the roadways and localized flooding are possible from Asheboro, Burlington, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point, the greater risk for flash flooding may develop to the west. Travel conditions may deteriorate quickly during thunderstorms as soaking rain and high precipitation rates are expected.
More rain is expected on Monday as the upper low remains in place with reinforcements of heavy clouds and coastal moisture. Afternoon storms may develop on Sunday and Monday. Scattered showers may linger through Tuesday. Plentiful surface moisture and an unsettled pattern may bring stray storms through Wednesday.
As the coastal low moves away from the beaches, weather at the coast improves Sunday. While Myrtle Beach closed to swimmers on Friday due to waves pummeling the beach and a high risk for rip currents, better beach weather with some sunshine is expected for Memorial Day. High surf advisories continue for now with waves of 7 to 10 feet expected near Wrightsville Beach. Waves on Sunday may drop back to 3 to 6 feet while surf conditions continue to improve by Monday. The Crystal coast areas from Emerald Isle to Atlantic Beach as well as the Northern Outerbanks may experience a high risk for rip currents and longshore currents Sunday with gradually improving surf conditions into Monday.