Hurricane tracker: Tropical storm may hit North Carolina to New Jersey. Name, path, weather forecast
tropical storm and begin sweeping large swathes of the East Coast on Friday. The National Hurricane Center has warned that it may begin in North Carolina on Friday morning and spread north on Saturday. The tropical storm may create life-threatening storm surges in coastal areas, high surf and rip currents. It may also bring heavy rainfall across the Mid-Atlantic, from North Carolina to New Jersey.
Tropical storm Ophelia?
The National Hurricane Center said the low-pressure system is situated about 200 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 50 mph. It has also said that if the low-pressure system gains strength enough to become a tropical storm, it will be named 'Ophelia'. It will be the 16th named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Center warns
The Hurricane Center has also warned that dangerous rip currents and storm surges may hit beaches along North Carolina and Virginia. Besides, life-threatening storm surges may strike the beaches along the coastal areas and inland rivers. The Hurricane Center has said that rainfall up to 7 inches is possible across parts of eastern North Carolina and southeast Virginia.
What is a hurricane?
Tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes are all types of tropical cyclones that visit the Atlantic Ocean areas. The low-pressure systems generated over warm tropical seas with a warm core, closed center of circulation and organized thunderstorm activity are called tropical cyclones. It is called a tropical depression when the sustained wind speed is up to 38 mph. It becomes a tropical storm when the wind speed is 39 to 73 mph. When the wind speed goes beyond 74 mph, it is called a hurricane.
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