Here's the latest on the coastal storm... It's still spinning off the coast of the Carolinas. It is well south of us. But again it's the squeeze play between this storm and the high to the north that is producing the strong winds. Winds have gusted up to 56 mph at our weathernet site in Virginia Beach at the Ocean Front. 51mph gust at our site at Oregon Inlet. We had a gust to 42mph here at the station in Portsmouth. I've seen reports of streets blocked off earlier this morning around high tide, but the water is receding (for now). High tide will occur again between 5 and 7pm. Tides will be about 2-3 ft above normal. Probably a couple inches higher than this morning. Winds will stay up through the day and will get a little stronger this afternoon. Winds will taper off tonight.
Rain will probably stick around through Saturday. So far we've picked up a half an inch to an inch. HPC (Hydrometeorological Prediction Center) ((A branch of NOAA that predicts rain amounts)) predicts another 1-2 inches. If the rain stays until Saturday night, then we may pick up more than that. Of course local amounts will be higher in spots.
By the way. We didn't have much rain for this morning's low tide. We'll have to see if the rain that is here now will add to the tidal flooding in the evening.
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I am one of the meteorologists at WAVY-TV. I grew up in Illinois, but I've been in the Southeast for several years now. I've had experience with every type of weather from floods to blizzards to hurricanes. I've even been able to chase tornadoes in an educational organization. I look forward to talking to people about Hampton Roads weather.
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