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As of Friday morning, Topical Storm Danny is barely a tropical storm as winds drop, however, the Outer Banks is still expecting rain, winds, increased surf and rip currents.  Now barely a tropical storm, Danny’s maximum sustained winds fell to 40 miles per hour.  There is potential for some strengthening over next 12 hours, however Danny is currently poorly organized and struggling through wind shear, so it shouldn’t strengthen significantly. 

On Thursday, The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for the Outer Banks through Saturday, with windy and rainy conditions possible from Tropical Storm Danny.  The watch, issued at 5 p.m. Thursday, covers the Outer Banks from Cape Lookout to Duck in Dare County and the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds.  The watch indicates that tropical storm conditions, with winds in excess of 39 mph, are possible through Saturday.

Most tracking models keep the heart of the storm away from the U.S. East Coast, and the Outer Banks.  Danny is about 350 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.  It is forecasted to move northwest at 10 mph and then turn north and northeast while gaining forward speed.

On this course, Danny should pass near the Outer Banks overnight, approach the New England coast late Saturday and move over Nova Scotia and Newfoundland on Sunday.

Increased swell is starting to show on the Outer Banks, and hopefully conditions will cooperate to create some great OBX surf.  As of this morning, the weather was ideal with air temperatures approaching 80 degrees and water temperatures in the mid 70’s.  The waves are starting to line up, but not entirely clean and still in the waist to chest range.  It is a great paddleboard and longboard day though. 

Tropical Storm Danny Forecast

Outer Banks Surf Forecast