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The 2009 Hurricane Season made a late debut in the Atlantic.  The first named hurricane didn’t move up the East Coast until the middle of August, but it seems a late start doesn’t necessarily correlate to lower levels of activity.

Hurricane Bill pushed past the Outer Banks last weekend and left some great OBX surf in it’s wake.  Now Tropical Storm Danny is forming in the Atlantic hurricane basin and threatening a close call for the Outer Banks by Saturday.

Tropical Storm Danny formed in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahamas on Wednesday and set a course that could take it near North Carolina’s Outer Banks and the northeastern U.S. states as a hurricane by the weekend.  Danny is expected to gather strength over the Atlantic and could be a Category 1 hurricane by the weekend.

It is too early to forecast a precise path, but the current forecasts call for Danny to stay east of the Outer Banks.  However, forecasters say the average error in their forecast three days in advance is about 200 miles.

Most computer models have the storm staying well off the U.S. East Coast, but one forecast shows it passing very close to the Outer Banks and heading up the coast.

Hopefully Danny follows a similar path to Bill and sends great surf but spares any potential damage.  The storm’s progress will need to be monitored over the next few days.

The silver lining is that the Outer Banks will  get some increased swell over the next few days.  Hopefully the conditions line up for some great surf!

Tropical Storm Danny Forecast

Tropical Storm Danny Computer Models

 Outer Banks Surf Forecast