Over a foot-and-a-half of rain fell in a matter of hours in Carolina Beach, NC, overwhelming streets, cars, and houses as much of downtown sunk below multiple feet of water.
Expect widespread gusty showers and storms to kick off the workweek as a tropical area of low pressure pushes in from the southeast.
We'll need to stay weather-wise for a rapidly developing tropical low pressure area off the Carolina coastline over the next few days.
We're also watching the Carolina coastline for a potential tropical system early next week.
While Hurricane Francine's center of circulation will miss the Carolinas by several hundred miles, it will bring a plume of Gulf moisture in our direction by the weekend.
Despite its name, blue-green algae isnβt actually algae. Itβs a bacteria, known as Cyanobacteria, which can make wildlife, pets, and even people very sick if ingested.
Highs will struggle to get out of the 60s and 70s for much of September's first week.
Yesterday made 10-straight days without a drop of rain in the Queen City. That streak likely comes to an end this weekend.
While none of the days ahead will be washouts, the most significant rain chances we've seen in nearly two weeks arrive as we shift into September.
Highs in the mid-90s with increasing humidity levels will lead to heat indices approaching the triple digits over the next two afternoons.
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