Instead of us repeating all of the hurricane advisories and discussions here, please check in on the 3340 tropical weather page. It will show you all the latest advisories, discussions, tracking map, radar links, you name it. This link will take you quickly and directly to it:
http://www.abc3340.com/weather/tropics.html
(Also please scan down to earlier posts)
SOME LATE NOTES
* Hurricane Ophelia continues to spin off the North carolina Coast. She is swinging spiral bands inland producing much rain and high winds.
* Burgaw, N.C., in Pender County, has received 6.65 inches of rain in less than three hours with a storm total of 8.85 inches.
* In Wilmingtion, the warehouse doors of the state port were blown off with observed wind gusts to 80 mph. The wind instruments there are at 60 feet.
* Lots of flash-flooding Wilmington area.
* NWS Forecast Office at Newport/Wakefield lost commercial power and their backup generator failed. At least four weather radio transmitters in the storm area off the air.
SPOT REPORTS AT 4 PM EDT
Fayetteville...light rain, wind north 21, gusts 30 mph
Cape Hatteras...partly sunny, wind east 28, gusts 43
Cherry Point...heavy rain, wind east 28, gusts 41
Beaufort...driving rain, wind east at 30, gusts 47
Frying Pan Shoals...wind west at 57, gusts 67
Wilmington...cloudy, wind north 37, gusts 48...one hour ago they had gusts to 68 mph.
http://www.abc3340.com/weather/tropics.html
(Also please scan down to earlier posts)
SOME LATE NOTES
* Hurricane Ophelia continues to spin off the North carolina Coast. She is swinging spiral bands inland producing much rain and high winds.
* Burgaw, N.C., in Pender County, has received 6.65 inches of rain in less than three hours with a storm total of 8.85 inches.
* In Wilmingtion, the warehouse doors of the state port were blown off with observed wind gusts to 80 mph. The wind instruments there are at 60 feet.
* Lots of flash-flooding Wilmington area.
* NWS Forecast Office at Newport/Wakefield lost commercial power and their backup generator failed. At least four weather radio transmitters in the storm area off the air.
SPOT REPORTS AT 4 PM EDT
Fayetteville...light rain, wind north 21, gusts 30 mph
Cape Hatteras...partly sunny, wind east 28, gusts 43
Cherry Point...heavy rain, wind east 28, gusts 41
Beaufort...driving rain, wind east at 30, gusts 47
Frying Pan Shoals...wind west at 57, gusts 67
Wilmington...cloudy, wind north 37, gusts 48...one hour ago they had gusts to 68 mph.