Eastern Sunday, said Bonnie had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour as it moved northwest at 8 miles per hour.
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Rain is still the key weather word for Sunday and Monday as remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie drift north from the Carolinas.
All tropical storm warnings have been discontinued.
“Bonnie was 100 miles south-southeast of Charleston as of Sunday, heading north and expected to continue in that direction throughout the day”.
In the Beaufort area, south of Charleston, 8 to 10 inches of rain fell, said Carl Barnes, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Charleston. Storm surges within the warning areas, as well as risky surf and rip current conditions are also predicted along impacted coastal areas. Bonnie will continue to weaken, but the threat of heavy rain will persist from eastern Georgia into the Carolinas on Sunday.
The storm made landfall as a tropical depression along the Isle of Palms at around 8:30 a.m. Bonnie was moving north at 8 miles per hour and tropical storm warnings remained in effect for the entire SC coast. But rain has dampened Memorial Day weekend for thousands of beachgoers. In Carolina Beach south of Wilmington, North Carolina, rescuers were looking for a 21-year-old North Carolina man who disappeared in the waves around early Saturday evening while swimming with two friends who made it back to shore safely.
Light rain and scattered showers can be expected through the next two days as Tropical Storm Bonnie keeps her appointment with the SC coast.
Usually the beaches at Hilton Head Island are packed with people as Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer.
A moisture plume will be pulled north, then northeast along the East Coast Sunday into Monday from the same upper-level steering winds channeling this system into the Carolinas.
Farther north, up to 3 inches of rain could fall across southeastern North Carolina.
There will be an increased risk for stronger rip currents for beach-goers, as well as some beach erosion along the coast.
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“It’s a very tropical morning”, Inggs said.
