Coastal Flooding Threats to Land

 Coastal Flooding, High Surf, Rip Current Threat From North Carolina's Outer Banks to New Jersey 

  A procession of low-pressure systems off the East Coast will likely never become a named subtropical or tropical cyclone. However, the impacts could be dangerous into the weekend from parts of the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic seaboard. High surf with large breaking waves and rip currents can be expected, for the most part, through the weekend from the New Jersey shore southward to at least the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina. 

  This long fetch, or distance, these onshore winds travel over the ocean plus the duration of these winds lasting possibly through the weekend is setting the stage for not simply high surf or rip currents, but also coastal flooding and possibly some beach erosion. However, these persistent onshore winds increasing later this week into the weekend will continue to buildup water at the coast with greater areal coverage and magnitude of coastal flooding particularly during each high tide cycle.

  If that isn't enough, astronomical high tides will rise as well this weekend with the full moon (a blood red "supermoon", no less).

  The risk of moderate coastal flooding is greatest later this week into the weekend in the northern Outer Banks and the Virginia Tidewater (including Chesapeake Bay). However, coastal flooding should also increase farther north along the Delmarva peninsula, and possibly along parts of the Jersey shore. As of Tuesday night, coastal flood advisories and statements had been issued for portions of this area.

Wind/Wave Model Forecast

Rainfall Outlook 

Original Article: http://www.wunderground.com/news/coastal-flood-heavy-rain-threats-mid-atlantic-carolinas-sep2015