The first Atlantic Ocean storm this summer hovers off the coast of South Carolina. In the next 12 hours it will make landfall into the state.
Forecast models say it will intensify slightly after landfall. It will then move through the two Carolinas for another 72 hours. By Wednesday, June 1, 2016, it will exit North Carolina and slip back into the Atlantic.
It will move along the Virginia coast till June 3 then move away from the coast, back into the Atlantic.
The wind will not be too much of a problem. I mean compared to the recent Bay of Bengal tropical cyclone ROANU, BONNIE is a little girl. ROANU at its peak had thrown out winds of 120+ km/h winds. Bonnie boasts of about 65-70.
The problem will be the incessant rainfall this storm will bring to South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia in the coming 4-5 days. Even West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware might feel the "rain effect".
Total precipitation till June 3, 2016. Bonnie will bring rains to many states.
Track forecast by various models for tropical storm BONNIE.
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