Hurricane ARTHUR
NHC issuing advisories on Hurricane ARTHUR and TS DOUGLAS
NHC News: Go “Inside the Eye” as we explain our new 5-day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook making its debut July 1st: http://ow.ly/3mon61
NHC issuing advisories on Hurricane ARTHUR and TS DOUGLAS
NHC News: Go “Inside the Eye” as we explain our new 5-day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook making its debut July 1st: http://ow.ly/3mon61
Full coverage of this, and all tropical storms, can be found on our Hurricane Zone page. There are RSS feeds from the National Hurricane Center posted there giving you up to the minute information. For storms that impact cruises, we will bring you information on those details as well. Please bookmark that page for further reference during the Hurricane Season which runs now through November 30th.
Tropical Storm ARTHUR | 1100 AM EDT TUE JUL 01 2014 ...DEPRESSION BECOMES A TROPICAL STORM OFFSHORE OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST... |
WIND: | NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. |
WATCHES/ WARNINGS: | A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * OCRACOKE INLET NORTH CAROLINA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER * EASTERN ALBEMARLE SOUND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE MOUTH OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY * WESTERN ALBEMARLE SOUND * NANTUCKET * CAPE COD FROM PROVINCETOWN TO WOODS HOLE * DIGBY TO PORTERS LAKE NOVA SCOTIA A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * NEW BRUNSWICK FROM THE U. S./CANADA BORDER TO GRAND-ANSE * NOVA SCOTIA NORTH OF DIGBY...NORTH OF PORTERS LAKE...AND INCLUDING CAPE BRETON ISLAND * ALL OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN COASTAL PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND...NEW BRUNSWICK...AND NEWFOUNDLAND SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ARTHUR. |
SHIP IMPACT: | Carnival Splendor -- as it makes its way
up the East Coast of the US.
The Carnival cruise ship will call in at Bermuda
rather than St John tomorrow (July 5th).
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Storm Archive Graphics Archive
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE WARNING AREA IN NEW ENGLAND BY TONIGHT. STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING HEIGHTS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... NORTH CAROLINA WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA...3 TO 5 FT PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...2 TO 4 FT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...1 TO 3 FT COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG CAPE COD. THE HIGHEST WATER WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW. THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DAMAGING WAVES. SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND THE NEW EXPERIMENTAL POTENTIAL STORM SURGE FLOODING MAP FOR MORE DETAILS. RAINFALL...RAINFALL WILL BE DIMINISHING OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES AND ISOLATED MAXIMUM OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND COASTAL MAINE. SURF...SWELLS GENERATED BY ARTHUR ARE AFFECTING AREAS ALONG THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA...AND WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY. THESE SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
Historical Notes:
1100 AM EDT TUE JUL 01 2014 ...DEPRESSION BECOMES A TROPICAL STORM OFFSHORE OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST...
500 AM EDT THU JUL 03 2014 ...ARTHUR NOW A HURRICANE... ...EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS TONIGHT...
800 PM EDT THU JUL 03 2014 ...8 PM POSITION UPDATE... ...EYE OF ARTHUR PASSING SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA...
100 AM EDT FRI JUL 04 2014 ...EYE OF ARTHUR MOVING OVER SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND... ...HURRICANE CONDITIONS SPREADING NORTHWARD ALONG THE OUTER BANKS...
900 AM EDT FRI JUL 04 2014 ...ARTHUR BEGINS TO WEAKEN AS IT PULLS AWAY FROM NORTH CAROLINA...
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