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Posted on 09/08/2005 1:46:25 PM PDT by NautiNurse
As we drove past the big NOAA installation yesterday on our way to Chincoteague Island I actually made a very similar comment to my husband.......he got the point immediately, because he always asks me abut the hurricane threads :)
Ha! - y'all are just trying to schmooze me into starting a new
thread with updated info.
Not me - that actually did happen yesterday.
An awful lot of what the military installations around here do is weather related.
Thanks for the ping.
Hurricane Ophelia Advisory Number 18
Statement as of 5:00 PM EDT on September 10, 2005
...Large Ophelia barely moving...
a Hurricane Watch has been issued for the southeast coast of the
United States from the Savannah River South Carolina northeastward
to Cape Lookout North Carolina. The Hurricane Watch may have to be
shifted northward later today. A Hurricane Watch means that
hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area...generally
within 36 hours.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.
At 5 PM EDT...2100z...the center of Hurricane Ophelia was located
near latitude 31.8 north...longitude 76.2 west or about 230 miles
east-southeast of Charleston South Carolina and about 240 miles
south of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.
Ophelia has been meandering mainly toward the north near 2 mph.
Little motion is anticipated tonight or Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph...130 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Ophelia is a category one hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
scale. No significant change in strength is forecast during the
next 24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 30 miles... 45 km...
from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 140 miles...220 km.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 977 mb...28.85 inches.
Repeating the 5 PM EDT position...31.8 N... 76.2 W. Movement
toward...north near 2 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 80 mph.
Minimum central pressure... 977 mb.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane
Center at 8 PM EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 11 PM
EDT.
Forecaster Avila
Thanks libtoken,She better settle down.Coming close to us.
It's looking better & better for those of us in the Charleston, SC area.
I'll keep monitoring and praying for those north of us.
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