Here at home, Saturday features sun and clouds to start and sea breeze showers and storms in the afternoon, especially in the interior. A moderate risk of dangerous rip currents remains in place at Miami-Dade and Broward beaches, and a high risk continues further north. Highs on Saturday will be in the low 90s.
Tropical Storm Florence is moving into South Carolina and continuing to dump devastating amounts of rain on the region. At 5 am Saturday, Florence was located near 33.6 North, 79.5 West, about 35 miles west of Myrtle Beach. Florence was crawling west-southwest at 5 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds were 50 miles per hour. The story is the water, not the wind — with some coastal North Carolina locations expected to see 30 to 40 inches of rain in 
total.
In the far Atlantic, Tropical Storm Helene approaches the Azores. At 5 am Saturday, Helene was located near 37.7 North, 34.8 West, and was zooming north-northeast at 22 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds were 70 miles per hour.
Finally, Tropical Storm Joyce, with top winds of 50 miles per hour, was located near 31.9 North, 42.2 West at 5 am on Saturday. It was moving east at 8 miles per hour, far from land.
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