and of course what could be fionna, that track could be farther west. so a lot to watch in the tropics and each one of these storms could come erie h clothse to th east coast. >>> the effects are expected to be felt this weekend in the form of high surf and the dangerous rip currents. mike seidel is in ocean city, maryland with more on that. >> reporter: good morning. we can pick up where jim left off as far as danielle. hundreds of miles away, but sending its waves toward the east coast and on an otherwise perfect beach weekend, there will be one issue, rip currents. rip currents are narrow channels of water, they're fast moving, they flow away from the beach, but they'll be ramping up today and tomorrow, a moderate to high risk you can see from myrtle beach, south carolina new the outer banks up here to ocean city and to long island. the best bet, heed the lifeguard's advice and if you get caught in a current, swim parallel to the beach and out of the current. now, rip currents tend to be worse as the tide is going out. low tides along most of these b