Look Into The Eye of The Storm: 32 Hours Til Isabel Arrives

NHC | 9-17-03 | my favorite headache

[My Favorite Headache]

Good Morning Freepers....

[NittanyLion]

8AM update indicates little change except that the eyewall is now closed. Wind and pressure essentially the same as at 5AM.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Check out the ocean pier link from my link above. The cam scans

[Gabz]

Incoming is correct..................

Stay safe all.....it's going to be a long 36-72 hours.

[ET(end tyranny)]

I should have been more specific. It's the Wrightsville Beach - Oceanic.

[Howlin]

It was there earlier. The only one I can "get" is the Blockade Runner.

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Isabel Intermediate Advisory Number 45a
Statement as of 8:00 am EDT on September 17, 2003

...Isabel continues its approach to the coast...preparations should
be rushed to completion...

 
a Hurricane Warning remains in effect from Cape Fear North Carolina
northward to Chincoteague Virginia...including Chesapeake Bay south
of Smith Point.

 
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for the tidal Potomac and
Chesapeake Bay north of Smith Point.

 
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Cape Fear southward to
Little River Inlet South Carolina.

 
A tropical storm watch is in effect from north of Chincoteague to
Sandy Hook New Jersey...including Delaware Bay...and from south of
Little River Inlet to South Santee River South Carolina.

 
A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are possible
within the warning area...generally within 24 hours.  Preparations
to protect life and property in the Hurricane Warning area should
be rushed to completion during the daylight hours today.

 
At 8 am EDT...1200z...the center of Hurricane Isabel was located
near latitude 29.7 north...longitude  72.4 west or about 425 miles
south-southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.

 
Isabel is moving toward the north-northwest near  9 mph.  This
general motion is expected to continue with an increase in forward
speed during the next 24 hours.

 
Maximum sustained winds are near 110 mph...with higher gusts.
Little change in strength is forecast during the next 24 hours.

 
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 145 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 260 miles.

 
The latest minimum central pressure reported by an Air Force reserve
hurricane hunter aircraft is  957 mb...28.26 inches.

 
Storm surge flooding of 7 to 11 feet above normal tide levels is
expected near and to the north of where the center crosses the
coast.  Storm surge flooding of 4 to 7 ft above normal tide levels
is expected in southern Chesapeake Bay.

 
Storm total rainfalls of 6 to 10 inches...with locally higher
amounts...are likely along the path of the hurricane.

 
Large ocean swells and dangerous surf conditions are being
experienced along portions of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.  These
conditions will also continue over portions of the Bahamas for the
next few days.

 
Repeating the 8 am EDT position...29.7 N... 72.4 W.  Movement
toward...north-northwest near  9 mph.  Maximum sustained
winds...110 mph.  Minimum central pressure... 957 mb.

 

For storm-related information specific to your area...please monitor
products issued by your local weather office...and statements from
local emergency management officials.

 
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
11 am EDT.

 
Forecaster Franklin

[Gabz]

I hope it brings a whole lot of rain up here to the Great Lakes basin, we need it bad.

You can have it ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The very last thing we need here on the Virginia Eastern shore is more rain - we're so saturated that even a little bit of drizzle is causing flooding in some spots because the ground can't handle anymore moisture.

[4Freedom]

What happened to all the Freepers that were writing Isabel's obituaries for the last 2 days? ;^)

[djf]

I just ran the loop for the last five hours. It is definitely getting stronger.

[steveegg]

What happened to all the Freepers that were writing Isabel's obituaries for the last 2 days? ;^)

Reports of Izzy's death have been greatly exaggerated.

[Howlin]

And she's not even at the Gulf Stream yet.

[Molly Pitcher]

Surely these webcams aren't going to hold up thru this storm??

[Howlin]

What happened to all the Freepers that were writing Isabel's obituaries for the last 2 days? ;^)

Out looking for D batteries?

[Vigilantcitizen]

Go here...

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Southeast.shtml

Data from weather stations along the eastern seaboard. One station 150 NM SE of Hatteras is showing 38 KTS gusts and 22 ft. wave hieghts.

[Gabz]

Oh, great.................

[steveegg]

All right; who fed Izzy warm water? I specifically ordered ice water :-)

[Molly Pitcher]

Cantore's still talking about the Nag's Head Dunes. lol

[strela]

Both of those URLs are 404-compliant. They might be overloaded though.

[Logical Extinction]

LATEST -RED HAS REAPPEARED- EYE IS REFORMING

[djf]

Here's where I go for the loop:
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseasthurrir.html

Looks like it is getting moisture fed to it from the northern atlantic seaboard. Much more moisture in it now, the interior is growing in altitude, and it is structurally more organized and symmetrical than yesterday. As quickly as it lost strength and got downgraded, it could gain strength and be upgraded. Given the amount of change in even the last two hours, I think it will. Another sat pic should be in in a few minutes.