Tonight’s 8 pm advisory will include model updates based on data gathered midday over the central US. That area is important for an upper level trough forming which will move offshore later in the week and steer the storm.
All weather service hands are on deck for this storm. We need ‘em.
http://mobile.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2017/tropical-storm-Irma
Movement: WNW at 17 mph
Wind: 180 mph
Pressure: 921 mb
Richlands, NC here. Was going to stay home but Mandatory Evacuation in effect whole of Onslow County. Supposed to hit direct on Jacksonville or New Bern, NC.