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Major Hurricane Florence: STORM MODE THREAD


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Everybody is arguing over wind speed which is silly.  It's a BIG and POWERFUL storm and appears to be reorganizing a bit. The main threat is flooding/storm surge due to the extremely slow speed of the storm. Any winds over TS strength will be bad due to the soft moist soil. This is not going to be good and is going to be catastrophic in many ways.

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The surge on western Pamlico Sound is approaching the major flooding level. It forced the evacuation of a local TV station.

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=mhx

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=mhx&gage=orln7

WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell discusses the evacuation of her old station, WCTI in New Bern, as Hurricane Florence floodwaters surround the building.

https://www.wral.com/weather/hurricanes/video/17841687/

Live coverage

https://www.wral.com/weather/video/17840398/

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SUMMARY OF 1000 PM EDT...0200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...34.0N 76.7W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM S OF MOREHEAD CITY NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 70 MI...115 KM ESE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...8 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...956 MB...28.23 INCHES
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4 minutes ago, ncskywarn said:

SUMMARY OF 1000 PM EDT...0200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...34.0N 76.7W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM S OF MOREHEAD CITY NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 70 MI...115 KM ESE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...8 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...956 MB...28.23 INCHES

So to sort out this direction discussion, West is 270 degrees, North is 360 degrees (or 0). NW would be halfway between at 315 degrees.  WNW would be halfway between W and NW, so 292.5 degrees. 

 

So Florence is considered as moving NW because 305 degrees is closer to 315 (NW) than it is to 292.5 (WNW)?

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2 minutes ago, cheapdad00 said:

So to sort out this direction discussion, West is 270 degrees, North is 360 degrees (or 0). NW would be halfway between at 315 degrees.  WNW would be halfway between W and NW, so 292.5 degrees. 

 

So Florence is considered as moving NW because 305 degrees is closer to 315 (NW) than it is to 292.5 (WNW)?

Yes.  That and west, north, west, west, would be a bit much.

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6 minutes ago, WeatherNC said:

Lightning feed from radar scope does not support, could be wrong but those flashes are more than likely disruptions to the grid.  Sorry man, likely 5+ days down there dependent on inland flooding.

Could have been lol just wasn't the normal bright blue I'm used to seeing, I wish I had some light so I could show y'all this crazy wind. I tried to use cell phone light but not working too well. Florence looks more organized on the radar again.

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1 minute ago, AJF0602 said:

Could have been lol just wasn't the normal bright blue I'm used to seeing, I wish I had some light so I could show y'all this crazy wind. I tried to use cell phone light but not working too well. Florence looks more organized on the radar again.

Eyewall beginning to close in again with radar returns

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