The North Carolina coast, especially the Outer Banks, faces another significant threat this weekend.

Rain from an offshore coastal low will recirculate back towards eastern North Carolina, bringing an inundation of up to two feet from the Inner Banks at Beaufort north to the Virginia line.

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While this likely won't be a named storm, it will behave very similarly to tropical systems. The only difference between a nor'easter and a tropical system is the structure of their core. A nor'easter has a cold core, while a tropical system has a warm core. That's it.

WRAL Severe Weather Center is forecasting temperatures in the 70s throughout the weekend for the Outer Banks, and a 90 percent chance of rain on Saturday.

National Weather Service offices up and down the East Co

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