Philadelphia's weather on Wednesday will be cloudy and feature some scattered showers — and even potentially thunderstorms — not connected to Hurricane Erin.We're seeing some rain in the early morning and another round of precipitation could pop up in the mid-afternoon.

Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

“It could be days, maybe even weeks, depending on how the beaches are affected, where rip currents are still going to be present,” Witcher said.

A tropical storm warning is in place from Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina to the North Carolina/Virginia border including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds.

Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

Forecasters expect it will grow larger in size as it moves through the Atlantic and curls north.

The expected path of a disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean behind Hurricane Erin—with the potential to develop into a cyclone—has shifted since Tuesday, according to data from the National Hurricane Cen...