Posted on 09/12/2018 1:53:29 PM PDT by NautiNurse
The National Hurricane Center has been issuing advisories for Hurricane Florence since August 30. The five day "Cone of Uncertainty" archive progression since Aug. 30 may be found here. As the super-size storm named Florence approached the U.S. Atlantic Coast, stories abound of people who are refusing to evacuate barrier islands.
The 82nd Airborne has relocated all of its assets, while FEMA is using Fort Bragg as a major staging area for post-storm supplies, including meals, water and cots. Fort Jackson (Columbia SC) has cancelled events including basic training graduation to prepare for military and civilian evacuees from coastal locations.
While hurricane preparations are rushed to completion, some stores are closing for lack of hurricane supplies inventory. Smart phone app Gas Buddy provides updates for gasoline availability along evacuation routes.
Wave heights to 83 ft. were recorded while Hurricane Florence churned 435 miles from Wilmington, NC. Storm surge is predicted to reach 6-13 ft along the coastline to the N of landfall. Steering currents are forecast to collapse at or near landfall, resulting in Florence meandering for days. This is expected to result in up to 40 inches of rainfall in isolated areas in the Carolinas, and up to a foot of rain in the Appalachian Mountains.
Tropical Storm Isaac: The government of France has issued Tropical Storm Warnings and Watches for the Lesser Antilles.
Invest 95L: The National Hurricane Center predicts 70% chance of development in the Gulf of Mexico. Limited forecast models, satellite graphics and GOM buoy info are available for Invest 95L below.
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Been out all evening...just catching up..holy cow this storm is going to change the coastline.
Time for some chocolate.
Down to CAT 1, still moving at a snail’s pace which is allowing the storm to continue to batter the NC coast.
How’s it looking for Oak Island?
Hurricane force winds extend 80 miles....yowzers.
I like the dazzle camo, that wasn’t on her last I visited. Of course that was long ago when I was a kid in the 70’s lol, it was solid battleship grey back then, at anchor in the river right by Wilmington, within sight of downtown actually, had to take a ferry out to tour it. There was a rather famous alligator that hung out swimming around the battleship, I think tourists were feeding it.
Even the best construction will wear down by unrelenting sand and surf blasting, flooding and erosion for days. Awful.
Yup. She's all fixed up again.
I was just noticing the storm image in post 382. It shows how it is affecting the weather all the way over here in Mobile.
Good luck to all of you in the path of this thing.
“Battleship North Carolina in Wilmington will ride it out.
It has probably seen worse!”
It has probably dealt out worse!
“Time for some chocolate.”
Did we GET a ruling on that?
I have it moving 9.2 mph at 260 for the last 30 minutes. It was wobbling NNW earlier around 7pm...might be making the “southwest turn” and ...might just be wobblin.
Ya’ll east coasters need to follow this dude. He’s the real deal. Just like Mike’s weather page is a goid source.
https://www.twitter.com/crankywxguy
Well, the best I can do is find you a couple of webcams. One that needs someone to go wipe it off - and the other is of a wet pier.
http://www.oceancrestpiernc.com/webcam.html
Of course, I’d not wanna be in any hurricane - but if I had to hunker down somewhere, the North Carolina looks as good a place as any.
I’ve been reading his twitter page and his blog for several days now. I like him too.
http://www.stormhamster.com/entry/e091318b.htm
http://www.stormhamster.com/resource.htm
That is too cute for words! Don’t mean to make light of what people are going through right now, though.
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