Hurricane Florence

[CtownCyclone]

Looks like this one could pack a punch on the East Coast. Right now forecasting landfall as a Cat 4 and could slow down and park like Harvey, dumping lots of rain.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT1+shtml/101450.shtml?

 

[Cyclonepride]

That won't be good for Charleston if that keeps on track.

 

[cyyote15]

Worst part is, I have a trip to Myrtle this weekend..

 

[CtownCyclone]

Worst part is, I have a trip to Myrtle this weekend..

Hope you've got trip insurance...

 

[wxman1]

Evacuations beginning today in the outer banks.

 

[isu81]

Hope you've got life insurance...

Fixed.

 

[Gorm]

Wow...talk about your direct hits. That doens't look like its going to skim up the coast at all.

 

[cyclonedave25]

Worst part is, I had a trip to Myrtle this weekend..

FIFY

 

[Knownothing]

Maybe if some of these games cancel they will need to reschedule a 12th team. Sucks for that part of the region. Hope not to much damage

 

[Entropy]

It is not going to go well.

 

[Clonefan32]

It is not going to go well.

"Abject flooding catastrophe". Yikes.

 

[cowgirl836]

It is not going to go well.

a number of strongest/record-breaking hurricanes the past couple years.

Selfishly, we had been hoping to do a post-baby trip to Charleston in the next while. I'm guessing it'll be a while before they recover with current projections.

 

[BoxsterCy]

"Abject flooding catastrophe". Yikes.

Dump even a fraction of the possible rain in hill country and it's going to be really bad.

 

[CtownCyclone]

 

[wxman1]

Two more behind it as well. Thankfully they are currently not forecast to impact the US.

Also here is NOAAs Hurricane Hunters Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/NOAA_HurrHunter

 

[Entropy]

It's a Cat 4.

 

[CtownCyclone]

It's a Cat 4.

Where's some Saharan dust when you need it?

 

[wxman1]

Starting this morning all NWS weather balloon launch sites along and east of the Mississippi started launching every six hours instead of every 12.

 

[Buster28]

I have a friend who works at UNC-Wilmington and I saw they are dismissing classes today at noon for the rest of the week. He lives a bit inland and said he was going to ride it out at home instead of evacuating. I'm hoping Florence loses some of her punch before landfall and it's not as bad as it seems like it will be.

 

[Cybirdy]

My husband is leaving for the East Coast/PA for work. We’ll see if he makes it back at the end of the week depending on how much travel is affected. This looks to be a nasty storm.