Tracking Erin, front sends rain south

Hurricane Erin will bring dangerous surf, rip currents and coastal flooding to parts of the East Coast, especially North Carolina's Outer Banks. A front brings scattered showers and storms to the South. These details, along with our daily tropical outlook, are published every weekday at 5 a.m. ET.

The WeatherRadar shows Hurricane Erin moving north and northeast parallel to Georgia and the Carolinas today. The biggest impacts will be felt along North Carolina's Outer Banks, where 2 to 4 feet of storm surge is possible tonight. Coastal communities along the rest of the East Coast will see high surf and life-threatening rip currents.

A slow-moving front will bring scattered showers and storms across the South, with cities like Dallas, Memphis, Tenn., Jackson, Miss., and Charleston, S.C., seeing the potential for localized flooding. While some flash flooding is possible, the severe threat remains low.

Monsoon moisture will bring some isolated storms to the Southwest, while low pressure will bring rain to the Northeast, including to cities like New York and Boston. The West will stay hot and mainly dry.

The TemperatureRadar shows steamy conditions across parts of the northern Plains, Rockies and Southwest. Highs will surge well into the 90s in Denver and Salt Lake City. Billings, Mont., will once again flirt with a record high as temperatures surge to 100.

Hurricane Erin is a category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph, moving north-northwest at 13 mph. While high surf and life-threatening rip currents will impact much of the East Coast. While Erin will not make landfall in the U.S., the storm will be close enough to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to cause flooding. Between 2 and 4 feet of storm surge will impact the Outer Banks.

Two tropical waves trailing behind Erin will need to be closely monitored. The first tropical wave behind Erin now has a 60% of development over the next 7 days, and the one behind that has a 40% chance of development.

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