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Why behind the what. what exactly is a rip current? and what makes it so dangerous? cnn meteorologist chad meyers has the answer. >> fred, heres how it works. youre at an amazing beach, you have an amazing beach day, nice waves out there to go play in. the problem, the waves are a little too big. and there are sandbars offshore. those sandbars and those waves create a hazard, called a rip current. not immediately, but when water piles over the sandbars that are offshore, eventually the water get...

Seaboard. if youre wondering what a rip current is, essentially its going to be the water drawing you back in. so youll struggle trying to get out of the water. we have to remember safety items, and that is to just to kind of follow the shoreline and eventually youll make your way in, but it can be quite powerful, and very, very dangerous. all right. as we go into the forecast, youre probably wondering. can you salvage the weekend after arthur? a ridge of high pressure dominating the weather fea...

So here comes the water. you cant see the sandbars in those big waves like we just saw, but if the waves are a little calmer and the seas clearer, you can see the lighter color up there. so the water crashes over. eventually piles up, and somewhere, you dont even know where, eventually this is going to erode the sandbar, and the sandbar erodes just like any kind of erosion youve ever seen, and a rip current extends right from the shore right back out into the ocean, 100 or so yards. if you are c...

Today. >> alexandra field in jones beach. thank you. bring in meteorologist karen maginnis for the latest on tropical storm arthur. the beautiful blue skies we just saw alexandra standing under can be deceiving about the water. certainly looks like a beautiful day in new york? >> and gradually improving, even in boston. right now kind of overcast and dreary. a little windy. you will experience rip current there as well, but we saw north carolinas coast battered for over eight hours, but as it ...

You know so many people were concerned this week that arthur was going to impact their travel plans, impact their summer getaways, not the case now, obviously the storm has moved up the eastern seaboard, cleared way out of here. some people starting to play out there in the water. still really cold out there. but certainly people starting to enjoy it heres the issue though. the national weather service has been warning people up and down the coast that rip currents can be a problem, especially i...

And now the retreat of that storm all morning. whats the scene like right now, sarah? >> well, craig, we were sure happy to see hurricane arthur go. he wasnt wanted in the first place. now that hes gone away, were actually seeing some sun in the skies picking through these clouds. some light wind. but absolutely nothing compared to the early hours of this morning when we were seeing 60 to 70 mile gusts of wind when the ocean was just churning and huge waves crashing on to the beach and the rain ...

Rip currents. it shouldnt stop you from having fun in the show. >> its a blow of the water from the shoreline out into the ocean past the breaking waves and seas. >> reporter: there are way the you can spot it. surfing the beach from the elevated level. >> the water leading out is somewhat of a rip current. you can see the difference in the color ration of the water. >> when scientists study the movement of the ocean, they pour a dye into it to trace the pattern of rip current. just in case you ...

I was a little winded. you just have to, you know, believe that youre going to make it and everything is going to be okay. >> nbc dylan dreyer with that report for us. rip currents could be a threat for several days. joining us now via skype is dr. ellen prager a manner scienti, t and author. if you can identify a rip current and youre in a rip current, that which you should do? >> thats right. when you get a rip current, its a very strong narrow jet of water going from the beach offshore and yo...

The weather is like. got a team of meteorologists with us today. karen, how is it looking and when are we going to see the progress being made in terms of the way this -- this storm moves northeast? >> it is going to be fascinating to watch. now, arthur slammed onshore cape lookout, north call. 11 hours ago, 11:15 eastern time. its just off the past, just drop pamlico sound and albemarle sound. i have to tell you, this is a national sea shore and its very environmentally fragile. when these hurr...

>> reporter: to break free from the rip swim parallel the shore. >> maria is in over her head and in a rip current. should start moving parallel to the relationship current. they are swimming parallel to the ocean to get out of that rip current area. now they are out of the rip current area and can start to work their way in towards the shore line. >> reporter: it takes a little bit of practice. how do i? will i be a life guard? >> maybe not today. >> reporter: but with a little bit of know how ...