Atlantic storm to trigger rough surf along eastern US beaches through Monday

By Renee Duff, AccuWeather.com Meteorologist

June 19,2016; 11:25AM,EDT

 

 

An offshore storm will continue to cause hazardous beach conditions along the Eastern Seaboard through early week.
The storm has meandered off the southeastern coast of the United States this weekend, stirring up rough seas and prompting numerous red flag beach warnings in the process.

Officials in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Duck, North Carolina, warned beachgoers to heed all lifeguard warnings and avoid going in the water on Saturday.
These areas will continue to have a higher risk for rip currents through Sunday evening.
The storm is forecast to shift northward early this week, along with the unfavorable beach conditions.
"The storm is projected to track north-northeast, parallel to the mid-Atlantic and New England coast on Monday," according to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski.
An advancing cold front will prevent the storm and its associated moisture from tracking into the Northeast. Showers and thunderstorms along the cold front, however, will dampen the Northeastern states beginning on Monday night.

Seas will become more treacherous along the mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts on Monday, even though the storm is forecast to pass hundreds of miles to the east.
Strong winds from the storm will remain well away from land but they will still cause some issues for beaches in another way.
"These winds will generate very large waves leading to higher-than-normal surf along the North Carolina coast northward along the New England coast by Monday," Kottlowski said.
Boaters and bathers from Maryland to Maine should remain alert for building seas and more frequent rip currents early this week.
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Those who get caught in a rip current should swim parallel to the shoreline until they have safely escaped the current's pull.
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Content contributed by AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.