Hurricane Imelda will ride away from the East Coast on Tuesday, bringing rain to North Carolina, and there are a lot of questions about it.
To the best of our ability, we'll spend time answering some of the questions you may have.
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Q. Is this anything like Helene?
A. Absolutely not. I understand why that question is being asked. It's happening around the same time as Helene, and people are on edge. However, Helene was historic and was preceded by multiple days of relentless rain.
This storm won't even make landfall, lessening the impacts to the state.
Q. What are the latest trends?
A. Meteorologists Aimee Wilmoth, Mike Maze and Kat Campbell first noted this trend on Friday. The trend is for Imelda to slow/stall on its approach to the East Coast. Hurricane Humberto will yank the storm away from us, starting Tuesday.
Q. What would that trend mean for us?
A. Impacts continue to lessen for our area. There will be rough surf and a high risk for rip currents at the coastline, but inland impacts remain minimal. We'll see period of light rain with pockets of moderate rain Tuesday, but flooding concerns have decreased.
Q. What is the risk for flash flooding?
A. We are not expecting flooding locally, due to the light nature of the rain we're seeing. Toward the coast - especially the Outer Banks - flooding is possible due to overwash. High Surf and Coastal Flood Advisories are in effect.
Q. I have doctor's appointments, flights out of town, etc. What should I do?
A. As impact-based as we strive to be, there are certain things that are out of our control/guidance (ie. school schedules, flights, etc.). For the time being, I wouldn't go canceling any appointments.
Q. Where should I go for updates?
We have several stories posted with updates. These include:
- We're tracking the latest conditions across our state here.
- Our weather forecast story that is updated at least four times a day.
- We track the tropics throughout Atlantic hurricane season. Find our interactive hurricane track and anything active in the Atlantic here, updated at least twice a day.
- If you prefer visuals, we've put together a gallery with the most up-to-date weather graphics.
We also have the hurricane tracking section of pugongyingbo.com and the WRAL Weather app.