Tropical Storm Arthur, First of the Atlantic Season, Forms Near Florida

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Tropical Storm Arthur has formed off the coast of Florida. The track forecast of the first storm of the North Atlantic season, while still involving a high amount of uncertainty, takes the storm northeastward off the South Carolina coast, possibly making landfall on the eastern tip of North Carolina as a minimal hurricane, and then out to sea southeast of New England. The National Hurricane Center issued the update at 11 a.m. ET

However, because a series of cold fronts will be approaching the East Coast at the same time as Arthur will be moving northeastward at the end of the week, it's possible that the storm will serve to enhance rainfall for the July 4 holiday. This raises some flooding concerns along the I-95 corridor, although again, the amount of uncertainty is relatively high; the storm is still in an area of weak upper level steering currents, and interactions between tropical systems and non-tropical frontal systems can be difficult to predict. Read more...

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