[NautiNurse]

Check out the NHC Discussion (link at top of thread):

...a very strong ridge is forecast to build over the northwestern
Atlantic during the next few days. This pattern should steer
Florence west-northwestward at a much faster forward speed
by Tuesday.

[alancarp]

Here's the problem - check this map:

Ths high pressure area to the N-NE will block Florence from coming any further north at all and could also end up stopping it east of the Appalachians.

This is a terrible scenario for N. Carolina.