AMY. THANK YOU. 543 THIS MORNING. CHECKING THE LATEST. IF YOU’RE JUST WAKING UP THIS MORNING ON TROPICAL STORM IDALIA. THE STORM IS CENTERED MOSTLY OVER NORTH CAROLINA CENTER, THE CIRCULATION JUST SOUTH OF THE WILMINGTON AREA OF OAK ISLAND OFF BALDHEAD ISLAND. FIRST THING THIS MORNING, MOST OF THE RAIN IS NORTH AND EAST OF THERE. WE’VE GOT SOME GOOD BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN JUST INUNDATING THE COASTLINE AND SOME OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS NEAR CAPE HATTERAS, NEAR OCRACOKE ISLAND. THESE OCCASIONAL BAND BRINGING SQUALLY WEATHER AND A CHANCE THAT EMBEDDED IN THERE WE COULD SEE A WATERSPOUT OR EVEN A TORNADO. HAVEN’T HAD A TORNADO WARNING IN A LITTLE WHILE, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL IN THE EVENING AND A FEW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAIN HAS MADE IT ALL THE WAY UP THE COAST TO THE OUTER BANKS, TOO, FROM KERALA DOWN TO NAGS HEAD. WE’VE GOT SOME VERY WET WEATHER THERE AS WELL. THE WIND GUSTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN MANAGEABLE AS OUR CHRIS PETERSON HAS BEEN TELLING US ALL MORNING LONG. OCCASIONALLY WITH THESE HEAVY SQUALLS, YOU DO GET A TROPICAL STORM FORCE, WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 39 OR 40MPH SUSTAINED GUSTS OR SOME OF THE GUSTS NEAR BUXTON HAVE BEEN WELL INTO THE 30S. THIS MORNING AT OREGON INLET A SHORT TIME AGO, WE’VE SEEN GUSTS UP AROUND 47MPH. SO EVEN FAR AWAY FROM THE CIRCULATION OF THIS STORM, WE HAVE SOME HEALTHY WIND GUSTS IN THE AREA. THE RAIN IS STARTING TO EASE INTO THE I 95 CORRIDOR AND WIND DOWN WEST OF THERE. MEASURABLE RAIN WAS BY FAR AND AWAY HIGHEST JUST INLAND FOLLOWING THE CENTER OF THE STORM WHERE YOU SEE THE BRIGHTER COLORS, YOU’RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8IN OF RAIN IN THAT ENTIRE REGION WITH SOME HEAVIER POCKETS THAT MAY EXCEED DOUBLE DIGITS, ESPECIALLY REALLY IN THE FAYETTEVILLE AREA AND POINTS EAST AS YOU GET TOWARD THE COASTLINE. SO WE LOOK AT THE TRACK FOR THE REST OF TODAY. IT’S EXPECTED TO TAKE MORE OF AN EASTERLY TRACK AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MOVE AWAY FROM SHORE HERE NEAR BERMUDA. IT’S EXPECTED TO SIT AROUND FOR A WHILE, THEN EVENTUALLY KICK OUT. IT MAY ACTUALLY GO THROUGH BERMUDA, BUT THE STRENGTH IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE ALL THAT MUCH IN THE COMING DAYS, LIKELY REMAINING A TROPICAL STORM MOVING FORWARD. IF YOU HAVE BEACH PLANS, LET ME SAY THIS OUT OF THE GATE, THEY JUST HAD A TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVE THROUGH. AND EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, IF YOU’VE GOT A RENTAL PROPERTY, YOU’RE GOING TO CALL AND CHECK AND SEE WHAT THE SITUATION IS THERE BEFORE YOU GO. IF YOU CAN GET THERE, THAT’S GREAT. WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES IN THE OUTER BANKS WILL BE IN THE 70S AS EARLY AS TOMORROW WITH THE SUN COMING OUT, PERHAPS A LINGERING SHOWER. CRYSTAL COAST FORECAST FROM ATLANTIC BEACH TO SALTER PATH WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND GOOD SUNSHINE AT THE SOUTHERN BEACHES AS WELL. TEMPERATURES A LITTLE WARMER IN THE BACK END OF LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND THEY WILL BE WARMER HERE, TOO, WITH TEMPERATURES GETTING INTO THE UPPER 80S AND INTO THE 90S. TEMPS THIS MORNING HERE LOCALLY AS CLOUDS ARE CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST ARE FALLING INTO THE 50S. THERE’S QUITE A BIT OF DRY AIR CHASING THE STORM OUT, BUT WE HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S AND WE’LL HAVE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S THIS AFTERNOON. THE BREEZE WILL BE PERSISTENT, WILL BE GUSTY EAST IN THE MORNING AND THEN START TO WIND DOWN, GUST TO 30 EARLY. THEN I THINK PEAK GUSTS GET BACK DOWN INTO THE 20S AND TEENS AS GOOD SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. ALSO UPPER 70S LESS HUMID IN THE FOOTHILLS AND LOWER 70S FOR MANY OF OUR MOUNTAIN CONDITIONS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF WEATHER THAT WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND. HIGHS CLOSE TO 80 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. IT WILL GET A LITTLE WARMER ON THE BACK HALF OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND WE ARE DRY FOR THE