Rainy, wind-swept weekend threatens erosion for Outer Banks
FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.
>> OUR THANKS TO LIZ THERE.
NOW. HERE'S A LOOK AT HOUSE
COLLAPSES IN RODANTHE IN BUXTON
JUST OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE ALARMING
9 HOMES LOST IN BUXTON JUST
THIS YEAR. AND RODANTHE HAS
SEEN STEADY EROSION IMPACTS
OVER TIME AS WELL. MEANWHILE,
THIS MORNING WE GIVE YOU A LIVE
LOOK AT BEAUFORT FARTHER TO THE
SOUTH, ALTHOUGH YOU DO SEE SOME
OF THE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS
THERE. THIS IS JUST IN
ANTICIPATION OF THAT COASTAL
STORM THAT WE'RE TRACKING.
IN FACT, LET'S JUST START YOU
OUT WITH THE OVERVIEW 4 THAT
COASTAL STORM AND YOU CAN SEE
THAT RIDING ALONG THE SOUTH
CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
IT'S GOING TO LEAVE US IN THE
60'S THIS WEEKEND. WE'LL SEE
SOME PERIODS OF RAIN THIS FAR
INLAND AND WIND GUSTS ANYWHERE
BETWEEN ABOUT 20 TO PERHAPS A
STRONG AS 30 OR 35 MILES PER
HOUR. BUT IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON
FACEBOOK, I WROTE A DETAILED
UPDATE YESTERDAY SAYING NEW
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO WAKE UP
TO RAIN THIS MORNING AND THAT'S
PROVING TO BE THE CASE. MOST OF
THE RAIN IS TOWARD THE COASTAL
PLAIN AND IT'S A VERY GRADUAL
INCREASING THE RAIN SHOWERS
THAT WE EXPECT. THIS IS WHAT
RADAR MAY LOOK LIKE. RENT BY
AROUND 08:00AM, ALTHOUGH SOME
OF THE RAIN MAY BE A LITTLE BIT
FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, THAT'S
YOUR BEST SHOT OF RAIN AT
08:00AM. IS GOING TO BE TOWARD
THE SANDHILLS EVEN AS WE GET
TOWARD MIDDAY. I'VE GOT OUR
CHANCES ONLY AT ABOUT 40%.
IT'S REALLY A LATE DAY IN THE
EVENING KIND OF THING. HAS THIS
RAIN OVERCOME SOME OF THE DRY,
MORE COMFORTABLE AIR THAT
YOU'RE WAKING UP TO RIGHT NOW?
SO HERE'S 04:00PM AND HOUSTON
SEE MOST OF THE RAIN, MOST OF
THE AREA PARDON ME DEALING WITH
SOME AT LEAST EDDIE RAIN MAY BE
SOME HEAVY POCKETS, 08:00PM,
RIGHT? WE'VE GOT THE CAROLINA
HURRICANES GAME THIS EVENING
AGAINST THE FLYERS. YOU'RE
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME
RAIN GOING INTO AND COMING OUT
OF THE GAME AND THEN OVERNIGHT,
WHILE MOST OF US ARE ASLEEP,
THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT. MOST OF
THE RAIN. SOME OF THAT COULD
BE HEAVY AT TIMES. BUT WE'RE
NOT REALLY EXPECTING ANY
FLOODING ISSUES BECAUSE LET'S
FACE IT, WE COULD USE THE RAIN
EVEN BY TOMORROW AT 8 O'CLOCK.
SOME PRETTY STEADY LIGHT RAIN.
BUT AS WE GO INTO THE
AFTERNOON, IT STARTS TO TURN A
LITTLE MORE SCATTERED AND IT
STARTS TO TURN A LITTLE LIGHTER
AS WELL. SO IN TERMS OF RAIN
TOTALS, THE OVERALL TREND LESS
TO THE WEST, MORE TO THE EAST
COULD SEE ABOUT AN INCH AND
A HALF IN PARTS OF THE
SANDHILLS MAYBE RIGHT AROUND
AN INCH OR 3 QUARTERS OF AN