Forecasters eye new tropical system for possible NC impact

The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday issued a new advisory about an area of low pressure that has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical system, a storm that early models indicate could spin up the Eastern Seaboard and arrive off the coast of North Carolina just in time for the Labor Day holiday weekend.

"Some of the models indicate it could have an impact for North Carolina," WRAL meteorologist Aimee Wilmoth said. "That's a long ways away, but this is a first look at something we're watching."

The disturbed area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms as of Wednesday morning was over the Bahamas and could pose a threat to Florida as well, forecasters say.

If the storm gets organized and is classified into a named storm, it will be Dorian, the fourth named storm of the 2019 hurricane season.

NOAA now predicts 'above-normal' Atlantic hurricane season

The National Hurricane Center tracked the storm about 445 miles (715 kilometers) south of Cape Race, Newfoundland, on Wednesday morning.

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Only three named storms have formed so far this hurricane season, which officially started in June and runs through Nov. 30, but the peak months of hurricane season are just beginning.