Tropical Depression Julia will linger and bring periods of rain, gusty winds and rough seas to the coastal Carolinas through Friday.
"The center of Julia has wandered over the Atlantic Ocean," according to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski.
Julia produced 3 to 6 inches of rain across portions of eastern Georgia and South Carolina as it tracked from northeastern Florida to off the Southeast coast on Wednesday.
With the storm expected to remain off the coast into Friday, the worst of the rain will stay offshore. Regardless, a few rain bands may move onshore bring a brief downpour and gusty winds to parts of the coastal Carolinas.
Additional rainfall totals along the coast will generally amount to an inch or less. Little or no rain will reach areas west of Interstate 95 through Friday directly related to Julia.
Julia maintained its intensity on Wednesday since becoming an official tropical storm on Tuesday night over northeastern Florida. Moderate wind shear is keeping Julia disorganized which caused the storm to weaken to a tropical depression early Thursday morning.
Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed and direction with height. Tropical systems remain organized and strengthen in weak wind shear environments.
Should Julia hover over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, some slow strengthening back to a tropical storm is possible. If Julia wanders inland again, the system would weaken and eventually become a tropical rainstorm.
Whether or not Julia weakens, strengthens or maintains its strength will depend on wind shear and the path the system takes over the next several days.
While Julia remains weak, the combination of east to southeast winds and the full moon will cause minor to moderate coastal flooding at times of high tide through the end of the week.
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Minor storm damage was reported
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