Tropical storm watch for Georgetown County

From North Carolina to Virginia, a Tropical Storm Warning is in place, according to the National Hurricane Center (see photo above). While Texas is reeling from Harvey, residents along the East Coast from the Carolinas to Cape Cod are preparing for rain, gusty winds and rough surf from what is likely to become Tropical Storm Irma. “The tropical low is on top of Central Florida and beginning to push out to sea with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour”.

The main impacts will be locally risky surf and rain that slows travel for a while or ruins a day at the beach.

For inland in central North Carolina rainfall amounts are expected to stay less than an inch.

Florida has been experiencing heavy rains for the past several days at this system spun in the area.

The forecast calms down significantly late Monday into Tuesday as whatever becomes of TPC 10 pulls away from our area.

EXTENDED FORECAST DETAILS: Shower and storm chances continue Tuesday along with unseasonably cooler temperatures. Highs will continue in the middle 80s.

Then, for Saturday night into Sunday, there is still disagreement between the models regarding the remnants of Harvey. The normal high at Bradley Airport in Windsor Locks for August 29 is 81 degrees.

Rest of Tonight will be mostly clear. Overnight, lows return to the mid to upper 60’s. The rain risk will be 40 percent.

Southern/Eastern Midlands: Cloudy, breezy, showers and scattered thunderstorms, some rain will be heavy. Rain chances for the week could vary depending on the track that Harvey takes the rest of this week.

The tropical wave is nothing more than a large area of showers and thunderstorms, but is moving at 15 to 20 miles per hour toward a better environment for formation in the tropical Atlantic. As highs approach 80 under the bright September sunshine, I hope you’ll smile fondly with good memories of the summer of 2017 as we all begin to turn our attention to autumn.

Locals say for the most part they know how to deal with the downpour, but are concerned about the aftermath and the cleanup if the storm does turn into something bigger. The high will be 84, after a morning low of 65.