Posted on 09/10/2005 2:31:49 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hags from the left, hags from the sea. BRAVO to your NIMBY! ;> (Hope work isn't TOO demanding, tho; playing catch-up can be tough.)
I will indeed be celebrating the 17th! Thank you for the 'minder, CD!
I'm having moments where I feel like howlin'!!! ;>
...Ophelia nearly stationary with strong rainbands just offshore...
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect from the South Santee River South Carolina to Oregon Inlet North Carolina...including Pamlico Sound.
A Hurricane Watch and a Tropical Storm Warning are in effect north of Oregon Inlet to the North Carolina/Virginia border... including the Albemarle Sound...and south of the South Santee River to Edisto Beach South Carolina.
A tropical storm watch is in effect from north of the North Carolina/Virginia border to Cape Charles Light Virginia... including the Chesapeake Bay south of New Point Comfort.
A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected in the warning area within the next 24 hours. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible in the watch area within the next 36 hr. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected in the warning area within the next 24 hours.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 11 PM EDT...0300z...the center of Hurricane Ophelia was located near latitude 32.6 north... longitude 78.0 west or about 115 miles east of Charleston South Carolina and about 110 miles south of Wilmington North Carolina.
Ophelia has been stationary for the past few hours...however...a slow northward motion is expected to resume overnight. However... steering currents remain weak...and an erratic motion is likely.
Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph...120 km/hr...with higher gusts. Ophelia is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some increase in strength is possible during the next 24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 50 miles from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles. Because of the slow motion of the hurricane and the relatively large extent of hurricane force winds...the hurricane force winds will reach the coast well in advance of the center.
The latest minimum central pressure measured by an Air Force Reserve unit reconaissance aircraft was 982 mb...29.00 inches.
Maximum coastal storm surge flooding of 5 to 7 feet above normal tide levels...along with large and dangerous battering waves...can be expected in areas of onshore flow. A storm surge of 8 to 10 feet is possible at the heads of bays and rivers.
Ophelia is expected to produce additional rainfall accumulations of 4 to 8 inches over extreme northeastern South Carolina and eastern North Carolina...with maximum storm total amounts of 15 inches possible over coastal sections of North Carolina.
Isolated tornadoes are possible along the coastal areas of North Carolina Wednesday.
Repeating the 11 PM EDT position...32.6 N... 78.0 W. Movement ...Stationary. Maximum sustained winds... 75 mph. Minimum central pressure... 982 mb.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 2 am EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 5 am EDT.
Forecaster Franklin
Report from Jacksonville is that the wind is still about 15 MPh.
Unfortunately the storm surge along Bogue Banks is supposed to be 4 to 5 feet and occur at high tide tomorrow which is at 5:00 PM.
She's going to be a 2 in the morning, I just bet you.
Looks like she is stationary now and expected to turn north during the next 24 hours....we will have to see if she then heads NE.
Coming to you.
Street flooding and power outages in Wilmington.
Has she turned again? Not Wilmington now?
Zero miles per hour is what WRAL says right now; and they said winds 80 to 90 MPH have been registered.
Oh, and I ordered the TV. Thanks. :)
No, she hasn't turned yet.
TV or radio?
Yikes.
At 11:00 in Wilmington, Wind Speed: NE 17 G 25 MPH
12 hours of hurricane force wind possible in Wilmington.
Hush.............
Dear Lord.............
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