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(State College, PA) - A slowly-brewing storm off the Atlantic Coast is causing rip currents and rough seas this weekend.
The storm system will be able to tap into abundant moisture from the tropics, and will absorb energy from the Gulf Stream. Expert Senior Meteorologist John Kocet says the storm will gather strength as it moves north over the weekend. The system will develop winds approaching 40 mph at its center. There are two scenarios for this storm system. If it hugs the coast, heavy rain will fall inland to the I-95 corridor. If the low tracks well off the coast it will be of little concern. AccuWeather.com meteorologists are forecasting the middle ground of these two options, which means a strong surf and dangerous rip currents from Virginia northward on Saturday and heavy rain across eastern Long Island and southeastern New England Saturday night or Sunday.
A large area of high pressure over the eastern half of the country will help to steer strong thunderstorms across Ontario and the northern Great Lakes. Those storms will produce strong winds, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes; however, they will bypass areas of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic that set record rainfall amounts for the month of June:
The storm system will be able to tap into abundant moisture from the tropics, and will absorb energy from the Gulf Stream. Expert Senior Meteorologist John Kocet says the storm will gather strength as it moves north over the weekend. The system will develop winds approaching 40 mph at its center. There are two scenarios for this storm system. If it hugs the coast, heavy rain will fall inland to the I-95 corridor. If the low tracks well off the coast it will be of little concern. AccuWeather.com meteorologists are forecasting the middle ground of these two options, which means a strong surf and dangerous rip currents from Virginia northward on Saturday and heavy rain across eastern Long Island and southeastern New England Saturday night or Sunday.
A large area of high pressure over the eastern half of the country will help to steer strong thunderstorms across Ontario and the northern Great Lakes. Those storms will produce strong winds, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes; however, they will bypass areas of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic that set record rainfall amounts for the month of June: