Hurricane season is underway down here, you guys north of us need to keep an eye on this storm.

http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/tropical-depression-one-20140626

Key Takeaways
•A tropical depression has formed off the Florida coast, and is expected to strengthen.
•A tropical storm watch is in effect from Fort Pierce north to just south of Flagler Beach on the east coast of Florida.
•This system will likely track near parts of the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to North Carolina this Fourth of July holiday week.
•All residents from eastern Florida to the Mid-Atlantic coast should monitor the progress of this system.

Tropical Depression One is located about 100 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. It's the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season's first tropical depression.

While wind shear has lessened, some residual residual dry air near and to the north of the surface circulation, has not allowed convection to persist near the center. Most thundershowers associated with this depression have remained south of the surface center, particularly into the northwest Bahamas.

Beautiful blue skies and scorching hot!!

Same here. A bit humid too. We're suppose to get the affects of Hurricane Arthur as it moves up the coast.

We're approaching the monsoon season here in the High Desert. Winds shift, temperature gets hotter, humidity rises, and we get frequent, often heavy, highly localized storms and thunderstorms for about two months. Oh, do we need them: hasn't rained here since April 27. Less than one inch of rain has fallen since January 1.

East Coast eyes tropical storm ahead of holiday weekend

By Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S.C. — As one of the year’s busiest travel weekends approaches, so does another visitor: Tropical Storm Arthur, expected to grow into a hurricane by the Fourth of July and hit most harshly at North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a popular getaway spot of thin barrier islands along the shore.

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season prompted a hurricane warning for a wide swath of the North Carolina coast and had officials, hotel owners and would-be vacationers as far north as New England carefully watching forecasts.

The Outer Banks will be especially vulnerable, forecasters said. The area’s tourism agency expects about 250,000 people to travel there and stay in hotels and rental homes for the long holiday weekend.

“We want everybody to be safe and prepared, but we are not overly concerned at this point,” said Lee Nettles, the executive director the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau. He noted that forecasters were predicting the storm would move fast and be less severe than others in locals’ memories.

But flooding concerns remained: Twice in recent years, storm-driven waves have sliced North Carolina Route 12, the main road along the islands, rendering it unpassable. On Ocracoke Island, accessible only by ferry, a voluntary evacuation was announced.

Stores saw runs on generators, lanterns and flashlights, but even some workers weren’t yet concerned.

“I’ve been through Irene. I went through Isabelle,” said Bill Motley, who works at Ace Hardware in Nags Head has lived on the Outer Banks for 13 years. “I’m not even worried about this one. I’m more worried about my tomato plants. With the wind coming, if we get a 50-mph gust, it will knock over my tomato plants.”

At a news conference, Gov. Pat McCrory advised residents, “Don’t put your stupid hat on.” With concerns of rip tides, he urged surfers and swimmers not to get in the water regardless of how good the waves might be.

“Our major goal is to ensure that no lives are lost during this upcoming storm,” including those of emergency workers, McCrory said. He declared a state of emergency for 25 coastal and adjoining counties.

Nancy Janitz, 60, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, said she was ready, thanks to technology.


‘I’m not even worried about this one. I’m more worried about my tomato plants. With the wind coming, if we get a 50-mph gust, it will knock over my tomato plants.’

- North Carolina resident Bill Motley

“I have my NOAA radio, and I keep tabs on Twitter and Facebook for updates,” she said. “I’m as prepared as I can possibly be.”

On Wednesday afternoon, Arthur was about 220 miles (355 kilometers) south of Charleston and moving north about 7 mph (11 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). The National Hurricane Center predicted it would grow to a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of at least 74 mph either late Wednesday or sometime Thursday.

The forecast did not call for a landfall in the U.S., but officials and travelers north to New England kept an eye on the storm’s projected path. Many areas warned of upcoming rain, wind and potential rip tides.

The worst of the storm should occur at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about dawn Friday, with 3 to 5 inches of rain and sustained winds up to 85 mph, said Tony Saavedra, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. But forecasters said that by later Friday, the effects of Arthur would be past the Outer Banks, with the rest of the weekend salvaged.

The Hurricane Center predicted the storm would be off the coast of New England later in the day and eventually make landfall in Canada’s maritime provinces as a tropical storm.

In the Myrtle Beach area, the heart of South Carolina’s $18 billion tourism industry, Arthur was expected to move in by Thursday night, spinning wind gusts from 40 to 50 mph toward the high-rise hotels and condominiums lining the oceanfront.

Farther south, in Hilton Head Island on the state’s southern tip, most were confident would pass well out at sea.


“It will be a sold-out weekend,” said Charlie Clark, a spokeswoman for the local Chamber of Commerce. “… We’re not getting calls from visitors asking what’s up with this storm.”

Back on North Carolina’s storm-tested Hatteras Island, one longtime resident said she had stocked up on supplies but was otherwise unfazed by Arthur’s approach.

Even though Dawn Taylor had to put coolers on the top floor of her home in Avon to catch the rain after Hurricane Irene damaged the roof in 2011, she won’t leave her home because of a hurricane. And certainly not this one. Even her 85-year-old father is staying put with her.

And her advice to less experienced tourists? Think twice before riding things out on the island.

“It’s not their environment. They’re not used to it,” she said. “It’s a whole different world out here, a whole different lifestyle.”

http://nypost.com/2014/07/02/east-coast-eyes-tropical-storm-ahead-of-holiday-weekend/

Killer lightning-thunder at 2am. One strike was so close that it only made a CRACK noise and the light was intensely bright. It tripped one circuit in my bedroom and the central air. I went downstairs to check the circuits but none of the breakers were tripped, but I reset the Air Condition circuits and the bedroom. Now here is the weird thing. I went in the laundry room and on both the washer and the dryer all the led lights were on. There must have been a massive surge. This morning I checked the side of the house and everything seemed normal.

Scary stuff, MC. I had the same line of storms move through my area yesterday about noon (there was a tornado warning issued at the same time). I was watching the storm as it moved in and was amazed at one particular lightning bolt. It was extremely bright and it "cracked" at the instant of happening. The thunder was EXTREMELY loud. The electricity went out a few minutes later and remained out for two hours. The storm(s) continued for as long.

Yes, that's really scary. Out here, lightning is a major cause of wildfires.

We are getting some rain here in the sand hills region of NC but my daughter lives near Wrightsville beach (Near Wilmington) and she said the wind and rain is severe. She said a tornado touched down on the campus of UNC-Wilmington just a little while ago. Arthur is predicted to hit the area tonight but Friday the weather is supposed to be "Beautiful"

We're getting some rain, thunder and lightning in Pennsylvania. No wind thankfully, but some trees are cracked and a whole county by us had no power for a day.

Lot of rain yesterday but back to blue skies and warm temps today!!

Crazy Yogi, our weathers have been similar. oooooooooooo spooky.

Monsoon rains have finally started here but they're so localized that we were deluged downtown but got barely a few drops when we arrived home just 5 miles distant.

It's absolutely gorgeous today. Sunny, about 80, not an ounce of humidity. Makes me appreciate the decision to stay put this weekend .

Nice

Wasn't a cloud in the sky today. Truly gorgeous.

Yup. There's nothing like your own backyard on a day like this.

I take it as an honour to be the same as you me old pal

It's been beautiful here in eastern NC for weeks. They are predicting that this week we will have temps over 90 every day and 97 on thurs.

90 today in southern CT

Yeah, it's gonna be a hot one. I can feel it already.

Let's not complain. Remember the cold winters how cold we were and the snow and we couldn't wait for the summer to come? Well it's here!

Rain all day in Munich,,

Toasty down here is South Jersey. and since Hurricane Arthur the ocean water has been 59-66 degrees.

Very warm and humid all day. There's now a Tornado Warning and Severe Thunderstorm Warning for my general area.

I saw that. I thought of you right away .

low to mid 80s today...beautiful

hey Pizz we have had a good summer so far weather wise huh

Summer Breeze makes me fine,,,,,,,,

Mostly rain again today..

"Well it's a hot one- like 7 inches from the noonday sun" yeah we hit 99 today without the heat index. warmer than normal for us