The Weather Undergrpind forecast for Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, shows that Hurricane Earl will cause conditions to deteriorate across the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Thursday as it approaches the coast. While the storm is expected to pass out to sea, tropical storm force winds are likely at the coast. (AP Photo/Weather Underground) (AP / September 1, 2010)
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Hurricane Earl was forecast to rapidly approach the East Coast on Thursday, bringing unsettled weather to the North Carolina coast.
While Earl was not expected to make a direct landfall with the region, tropical storm force winds were expected to reach the North Carolina coast within the warning area by Thursday afternoon with hurricane force winds occurring by late Thursday. In addition to dangerous winds, heavy rainfall and thunderstorms would pound eastern North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, providing accumulations of 2 to 4 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 6 inches. Large swells from Earl would continue affecting the East Coast with dangerous rip currents and surf conditions through Friday. Residents of the North Carolina coast and especially the Outer Banks were urged to monitor the approaching storm.
Elsewhere, a low pressure trough would continue pushing eastward through the Midwest. The system would support scattered rain showers and thunderstorms from the Great Lakes through the Southern Plains as well as chances of severe weather activity from the Mid-Mississippi Valley through the Southern Plains. In the West, high pressure would remain the dominant weather feature of the region and produce another day of dry conditions with warm temperatures and plenty of sunshine by the afternoon.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday ranged from a low of 28 degrees at Reese River, Nev., to a high of 110 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.
While Earl was not expected to make a direct landfall with the region, tropical storm force winds were expected to reach the North Carolina coast within the warning area by Thursday afternoon with hurricane force winds occurring by late Thursday. In addition to dangerous winds, heavy rainfall and thunderstorms would pound eastern North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, providing accumulations of 2 to 4 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 6 inches. Large swells from Earl would continue affecting the East Coast with dangerous rip currents and surf conditions through Friday. Residents of the North Carolina coast and especially the Outer Banks were urged to monitor the approaching storm.
Elsewhere, a low pressure trough would continue pushing eastward through the Midwest. The system would support scattered rain showers and thunderstorms from the Great Lakes through the Southern Plains as well as chances of severe weather activity from the Mid-Mississippi Valley through the Southern Plains. In the West, high pressure would remain the dominant weather feature of the region and produce another day of dry conditions with warm temperatures and plenty of sunshine by the afternoon.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday ranged from a low of 28 degrees at Reese River, Nev., to a high of 110 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.
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