Tropical Storm BONNIE Will Affect South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia Till Friday

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.

After Boris, Cristina Is Coming. In The Gulf Of Mexico

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Tropical Storm "Crisitina" hitting Florida on June 12, 2014. Heavy rains.

As we write this tropical storm Boris is about to make landfall into central Mexico. Heavy rains and winds will lash the area. But that is not the end of the story. In the next few days southern Mexico will receive heavy precipitation. The remnants of Boris will then move over into the Gulf of Mexico.

And the unsettled system will gain fresh energy from the warm waters there and spawn another tropical storm. Thus Cristina will be born. Within a day or two. I guess the NHC will give the name Cristina to this storm. Or will the name Boris do?

Anyway. The new tropical storm will potter around the Gulf of Mexico and move slowly in a ENE direction gaining strength all the time. On the 11th of June, 2014, Cristina will hit Florida and then start weakening. But in the next two days after that it will bring some rains to North and South Carolina, as well as in Georgia

A current IR image of the disturbed Central America in wake of Boris

The NHC gives a 30% chance today for Cristina developing. That could change.