Tropical Depression Eight Moving Away from North Carolina: Could Bring Rain to Outer Banks

August 30,2016
Tropical Depression Eight will be a nuisance to your last-minute summer getaway to the Outer Banks of North Carolina through Wednesday.
The depression was centered about 80 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as of Tuesday evening. The system is moving toward the northeast at 5 mph.
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Current Storm Information

The tropical storm warning has been discontinued as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, but winds could still gust up to 35 mph overnight into early Wednesday.
T.D. Eight still has a chance to strengthen if the convection can organize near the center of circulation, but there is no sign of that happening, so far, today.
As the forecast path from the National Hurricane Center shows, this system will hug the Outer Banks of North Carolina through early Wednesday. Thereafter, a cold front will move across the Northeast and will likely whisk it away from the rest of the East Coast.
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Projected Path

There will be three main impacts from this system, mainly from Tuesday into early Wednesday:

• Tropical moisture will fuel showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rain in far eastern North Carolina. Up to an inch of rainfall is possible across eastern North Carolina through Wednesday morning.
• The system will also generate high surf and dangerous rip currents along the coastal Carolinas. However, swells from distant Hurricane Gaston are also arriving on the East Coast this week.
• Gusty winds may impact the Outer Banks, as well, but widespread, damaging winds are unlikely.

Check back with us at weather.com for updates on this system.

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