Posted on 09/09/2018 8:01:18 AM PDT by NautiNurse
September 10 is the statistical peak of the Atlantic Tropical Storm season, and the conga line of storms dancing across the Atlantic is not disappointing historical data. The Governors of NC and SC have declared states of emergency for a potential major hurricane landfall, while Hurricane Florence is slowly creeping westward. Florence is predicted to increase forward motion and intensity Monday. Hurricanes Hazel (1954) and Hugo (1989) are two notorious major hurricanes to make landfall in NC and SC, respectively. North Carolina has prior experience with "F" named hurricanes. Hurricanes Fran (1996) and Floyd (1999) caused widespread flooding and damage in the Tar Heel state.
The NHC has been issuing Public Advisories for Florence since August 30. The five day "Cone of Uncertainty" archive progression since Aug. 30 may be found here.
Isaac is a small storm. Isaac is predicted to steadily strengthen during the next few days as the storm remains over warm waters and in a low wind shear environment in the short term. The NHC predicts Isaac will reach hurricane status within 2 days.
Helene is expected to reach hurricane status in the short term. However, Helene is not anticipated to threaten U.S. interests. The forecast track turns north into the mid-Atlantic.
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We call that a "Hurritrain"
‘We call that a “Hurritrain”’
Yeah. Yer cut off.
Cane’s gonna be a cane, but the entire target coast is getting pre-soaked, right now.
That neck of the woods is pretty waterlogged already...
LOL !
We do, thanks for asking, Holly. We just got a new one last year with an additional battery life of 2 hours extra if the power goes off.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles.
Staging a lot of stuff out at Ft Bragg.
http://www.fayobserver.com/news/20180910/fema-stages-relief-supplies-at-fort-bragg
Add me por favor
Look at that eyewall. Very well defined.
According to Windy.com this coming Sunday looks BRUTAL for the entire STATE of South Carolina. :(
https://www.windy.com/-Rain-thunder-rain?rain,2018-09-16-18,35.532,-87.253,5
Two more live cam sites to add to the thread. I’ve been watching the Hilton Garden Inn/Kitty Hawk Pier cam from the Outer Banks for a little while. The Outer Banks Fishing Pier cam is another good view.
https://www.obxcams.com
There are currently two storm chasers in NC but will probably be more before long. Brett’s already at Carolina Beach and Aaron is travelling that direction now. The two are off the air at the moment but if their “dots” are green, they’re livestreaming.
https://livestormchasing.com/map
I’m keeping an close eye on both areas because I’ve spent quite a bit of time at both. Many weekends at the Outer Banks during the years I lived in Raleigh, and I lived in Wilmington for a year and spent a lot of time at Carolina Beach. Any hurricane that hits makes me hold my breath but this monster has my hair standing on end. A lot of time on the computer the next few days will be spent with this thread in one window and live cams in another.
Just mash the flag in #491
Great. I don't want to give the Democrats any campaign issues regarding the hurricane response.
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