[Fresh Wind]

Latest satellite imagery from NOAA is suggesting that Izzy is now down to a cat 2 hurricane!! The eye is not even visible in some of the latest views. Still too early to relax, though.

[Fresh Wind]

[Hatteras]

In relation to your satellite pic, here's The Gulf Stream (the orange streak along the coast):

My suspicion is still that this thing could get knocked down to a mid CAT2 or even lower by the passing front, get in behind the front and start rebuilding as it crosses the Gulf Stream and come ashore further south toward Wilmington on a more westerly track. I hope it doesn't but little events like Hurricane Hugo stick in the back of my mind like storm projectiles through vinyl siding.