Re: Breaking News(Hurricane)
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect from Edisto Beach, South<br />Carolina, northward to Cape Lookout, North Carolina. <br /><br />At 11:00 A.M. EDT Sunday, Hurricane Ophelia was located at 31.6 north and 75.7 west, or about 265 miles east-southeast of Charleston, S.C. Maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph. The minimum central pressure was reported by an Air Force Reserve Unite Hurricane Hunter aircraft at 978 millibars or 28.88 inches. Ophelia was nearly stationary. <br /><br />The main impact from this system over the next 24-36 hours will be rough surf and rip currents along the coast from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Vero Beach, FL. In addition, beach erosion and tidal flooding will be a threat in those areas. <br /><br />The forecast movement of Ophelia is a very complex issue. Ophelia will continue to wander around near its present location today as a trough of low pressure aloft moves by to the north. A large upper-level high pressure area will move into the Mid-Atlantic states behind the trough, and should slowly begin to inch Ophelia back toward the coast tonight. While Ophelia will move little underneath the high, an approaching upper-level trough of low pressure will finally begin to give Ophelia a strong push to the northeast on Tuesday, when landfall may occur. The location of the center of the high will influence where potential landfall would be; the farther east that the high tracks, the further north along the Southeast coast landfall would occur. <br /><br />It appears that the most likely location for Ophelia to make landfall will be near Myrtle Beach, SC on Tuesday. Those with interests between Edisto Beach, SC, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina should already be working on storm preparations. <br /><br />There were four tropical waves across the Atlantic and all were moving west at between 10 and 20 mph. The first wave was near 37 west, 23 north and was in a dry environment with little shower or thunderstorm activity. A second wave was near 63 west, 21 north and was accompanied by shower and thunderstorm activity. A third tropical wave was near 76 west, 20 north and was not accompanied by much in the way of shower activity. The fourth wave was near 91 west, 22 north. This wave was interacting with an upper-level low pressure across the eastern Yucatan peninsula. Some showers and thunderstorms were associated with this wave, but were located back over Jamaica.
forecast is for it to move in a big slooooooooow circle...