Rough Surf This Week As Storm Passes SE Of Massachusetts

A tropical system passing South and East of us should send waves at Massachusetts coastal regions this week.

An area of thunderstorms off of the Florida coast should organize into a tropical depression today or tomorrow, and it could evolve into a tropical storm as it moves along the coast into development-friendly waters off of the Carolinas.

It is expected to move more NE than N, which will take it out to sea before it can start thinking "Cape Cod." Her closest pass to us should be a few hundred miles SE of Nantucket.

That means No Tropical Storm For Us. However, the storm can still touch us from far away.

A storm like this will churn up some rough surf. The South Coast will get it first, as the storm gets closer North to us, then the Outer Cape gets the waves as the storm pushes East.

This is great for surfers and surf-watchers, as the coast will get hit with slow rolling swells. A persistent East wind will help things along.

Added bonus: While we could pick up bands of moisture from this storm, it is also within the realm of possibility that you could have some tasty waves hitting on an otherwise sunny beach day. Tropical storm fun without the actual tropical storm.

There could also be bad rip currents, so swim all careful-like.

Unless something else forms quickly, the system will be Erin if she attains named storm status. Dorian is further South, sizing up the Caribbean. We'll keep an eye on both storms for you, and let you know if anything Massachusetts develops out of them.