back to cat 3 at noon
Posted by cypresstx on 9/5/2019, 12:12 pm
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php silly, really - should anyone be less careful if it was 5mph less? no, but somehow it gets portrayed differently in some reporting - something to work on

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Dorian

Hurricane Dorian Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052019
1200 PM EDT Thu Sep 05 2019

...DORIAN BRINGING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, WINDS, HEAVY
RAINFALL, AND TORNADOES TO PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS...

A Weatherflow site at Shutes Folly in Charleston Harbor recently
reported a wind gust of 78 mph (126 km/h).

An unofficial observing station at Ft Johnson on James Island
recently reported a wind gust of 74 mph (119 km/h).

A Weatherflow site in Winyah Bay, SC recently reported a wind gust
of 78 mph (126 km/h) at a height of 50 ft.

NOAA buoy 41004 just reported a minimum pressure of 959 mb (28.32
inches) very near the middle of the eye of Dorian.


SUMMARY OF 1200 PM EDT...1600 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...32.6N 79.1W
ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM ESE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 135 MI...215 KM SSW OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...958 MB...28.29 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Zelinsky
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Category 2 Dorian at 11am EDT Thursday: 110mph; 958mb; NNE at 8mph - cypresstx, 9/5/2019, 11:01 am
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