Tropical Trouble

1:40 Update: This link has some important local information NAGS HEAD

Also I thought it would be neat to show you exactly where the webcam is. Above are two of my own pictures from one year ago today taken at the same location as the camera below. Mine are looking south the camera below is looking north. The photo of the house is where they filmed Nights in Rodanthe which opens tomorrow. The sign is the one on the left in the web camera pic.

Two weather systems are poised to pound the Atlantic Coast of the US and Canada from North Carolina to Nova Scotia. Over the last 24 hours winds have topped 60mph in coastal North Carolina. Ocracoke Island had 58mph while Hatteras has recorded 56mph. The fierce wind and pounding seas have breached the highway that runs through the Outer Banks. Coastal highway 12 had been flooded in several spots including near Rodanthe.

The photo above shows the Atlantic on the right pounding the shoreline and dunes while the sound is on the left. Up the middle is a highway believe it or not. NCDOT are working furiously to keep the highway open for emergencies. Travel is difficult at best, and conditions should remain the same most of the day today. Into this weekend indications are that this system will move north towards New York State. Our pleasant summer weather this week will be swept away as clouds and rain move in from the south. This storm will be rapidly followed by another tropical system on the weekend. This second unnamed storm will head for central New England. It is too early to tell what impact they will have on our region but expect clouds and precipitation beginning late Friday. Both storms may be named later today.

Ferry Update: Due to high winds and water, the N.C. Department of Transportation's ferry division had canceled its afternoon runs yesterday between Swan Quarter and Ocracoke, [and] Cedar Island and Ocracoke.... [The] Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route was running on the hour instead of the half hour, and was expected to end service at 6:30 p.m last night.... Passengers should call 1-800-BY-FERRY for updated information as conditions may continue to change."