http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_newsWhat began as a mid-latitude or extratropical low pressure system has now transitioned to what is known as a subtropical storm.
The subtropical storm is forecast to simply linger off the coast with some slight westward movement toward the Georgia coast. The current forecast calls for the storm to gradually weaken just off the Georgia/South Carolina coast during the next 36 to 48 hours. There is an outside shot of the subtropical storm transitioning to a tropical cyclone. Details of this storm will be closely monitored.
For the remainder of today, impacts will continue to be tropical storm-force wind gusts, large, crashing surf, beach erosion, coastal overwash, and the high risk of rip currents. Coastal showers will move onshore from time to time especially along the South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida coast. By Wednesday and Thursday, impacts will lessen and conditions will slowly improve.
The storm began on Sunday afternoon as an area of low pressure developed a few hundred miles off the North Carolina coast. It quickly strengthened and, along with a bullish high pressure system located over northern New England, created a very tight pressure gradient.
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