Category: Tropical

Earl Now A Category Three Storm

2 September, 2010 (13:45) | Tropical | No comments

WTNT32 KNHC 021745 TCPAT2 BULLETIN HURRICANE EARL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 33A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 200 PM EDT THU SEP 02 2010 …EARL EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE OUTER BANKS AS A LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE TONIGHT… SUMMARY OF 200 PM EDT…1800 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————- LOCATION…31.7N 75.2W ABOUT 245 MI…395 KM S OF [...]

Earl Discussion

2 September, 2010 (11:22) | Tropical | 1 comment

NOTE: This is the latest “discussion” about Earl instead of the formal advisory. As the day goes on (and tonight) we will be posting the regular advisories and more frequent spot reports along and offshore including buoy reports and local statements. —————————————————————————— WTNT42 KNHC 021456 TCDAT2 HURRICANE EARL DISCUSSION NUMBER 33 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER [...]

Coastal and Offshore Reports

2 September, 2010 (09:57) | Tropical | No comments

…..Hilton Head Island, sunny, wind north 12, gusts 21 …..Myrtle Beach…..Sunny, north sustained 17 mph …..Cape Lookout, N.C., wind NE 27, gusts 33 …..Buoy 41010, wind NW 25, gusts 34, 13-foot waves …..Cape Hatteras, cloudy, wind east 13, gusts 24 …..Buoy 300 NM south of Myrtle Beach (345 land miles) water temperature 84, (hurricanes love [...]

Special for Eastern North Carolina

2 September, 2010 (08:38) | Tropical | No comments

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 920 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010 .SYNOPSIS… MAJOR HURRICANE EARL WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHEAST TODAY AND MOVE JUST EAST OF THE OUTER BANKS TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY…THEN ACCELERATE AWAY FROM THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND OFFSHORE EARLY [...]

Latest on Earl

2 September, 2010 (08:31) | Tropical | 1 comment

BULLETIN HURRICANE EARL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 32A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 800 AM EDT THU SEP 02 2010 …INTENSE HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES ON A NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD TRACK…EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE OUTER BANKS TONIGHT… SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT…1200 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————- LOCATION…30.1N 74.8W ABOUT 355 MI…575 KM S OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA [...]

Earl Nearing Category Five Strength

1 September, 2010 (21:58) | Tropical | 2 comments

This bad boy looks very impressive on satellite images tonight. Here is the latest advisory from NHC: BULLETIN HURRICANE EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 31 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 1100 PM EDT WED SEP 01 2010 …EARL A LITTLE STRONGER…THREATENING THE U.S. MID-ATLANTIC COAST… SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT…0300 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————– LOCATION…27.8N 73.8W ABOUT [...]

East Coast Notes (Earl Related)

1 September, 2010 (20:35) | Tropical | 5 comments

These notes are taken from the official NWS regular forecasts (not from special statements) to give you an idea of what is expected from Hurricane Earle along the Atlantic Seaboard. People are already being evacuated from places like the North Carolina Outer Banks as well as other places. CAPE HATTERAS/OUTER BANKS Hurricane Warning in effect. [...]

Hurricane Earl Position Report

1 September, 2010 (19:39) | Tropical | No comments

AS OF 7 PM ALABAMA TIME 27.2 North 73.5 West …..565 miles SE of Cape Hatteras, N.C …..Moving toward the NNW at 15 knots (about 17 mph) …..Center pressure 941 millibars …..Sustained winds 135 mph …..wind gusts to 160 mph Category four

Tropical Trio

1 September, 2010 (16:52) | Tropical | No comments

We now have three named systems on the board in the Atlantic… Hurricane Earl, and Tropical Storms Fiona and Gaston. The strong wave in the far eastern Atlantic most likely will become Tropical Storm Hermine sooner than later. The GFS recurves Gaston in the Atlantic before reaching the U.S., but that is certainly subject to [...]

Earl Back Up to Category 4!

1 September, 2010 (16:19) | Tropical | No comments

BULLETIN HURRICANE EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 30 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010 500 PM EDT WED SEP 01 2010 …DANGEROUS AND LARGE HURRICANE EARL POSES A THREAT TO THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST…WATCHES AND WARNINGS EXTENDED NORTHWARD THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS… SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT…2100 UTC…INFORMATION ———————————————- LOCATION…26.3N 73.3W ABOUT 235 MI…380 KM E OF GREAT ABACO [...]