North Carolina warily watches tropical weather

Tropical Storm Watches have been posted along the Outer Banks for what is now Tropical Depression 8, but a brush of the coastline is expected to be the primary impact.

The NHC said the depression on Monday at at 6am was centred 155 miles west south west of Key West moving west at 9mph with with maximum sustained winds of 35mph with higher gusts.

Maximum sustained winds are near 85 miles per hour (140 km/h) with higher gusts.

The term “invest”, short for “investigation”, refers to the monitoring of weather features capable of development into tropical depressions or tropical storms.

Forecasters expect the tropical depression that’s about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southeast of Cape Hatteras to become a tropical storm by early Tuesday.

A hurricane hunter plane is scheduled to take a second look at the storm later Monday.

Tropical Depression Nine will likely strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico this week and eventually move over parts of Florida Thursday.

The forecast models are showing TD 9 moving to the WNW slowly today without getting any stronger.

Colin made landfall in the same area as a weak tropical storm on June 6.

The most significant impact to the North Carolina coast is a high risk of rip currents and high waves.

The next update is expected at 8 p.m. Monday.

The storm is not expected to have an impact on the U.S.

The next two names on the list are Hermine and Ian.

Presuming Tropical Depression 9 does become a named storm, it’s not clear what its name would be.

Business owners, beachgoers, and boat captains on North Carolina’s Outer Banks were warily watching tropical weather Monday that could rain out one of the last busy weeks of the summer.

The reason for the big curve away from Louisiana is because of a deepening upper trough over the eastern US that will pick up the weak system and lift it towards the north and eventually east by Thursday. Be sure to check back in over the next few days for the latest forecast information.

After a slow start to the season, the tropical Atlantic is suddenly heating up.