KeB All American 9828 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.wral.com/system-could-become-first-tropical-storm-of-the-season-affect-nc/13775031/
Glad that I have to work all weekend. Gonna be some pissy tourists at the beach this weekend! 6/30/2014 12:44:52 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
I am going to the beach the 4-11.
It is my wifes whole family (siblings, their significant others, and their kids, and my mother in law, her SO and his kids) Gonna be like 12 people in a 3 bedroom 2 bath condo...and apparently shitty weather. ] 6/30/2014 12:57:42 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
haha, we finished our new deck and beach access gazebo just in time for a storm 6/30/2014 1:18:13 PM |
Skwinkle burritotomyface 19447 Posts user info edit post |
^^ that is pretty much my idea of hell
Friends I could handle it, but family I would be pulling my hair out in 4 hours. Or theirs. 6/30/2014 1:22:27 PM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
Fuck going to the beach on holiday weekends....its way too crowded. Chill and have a cookout at the house and go to the beach on the "off" weekends. 6/30/2014 1:34:23 PM |
slappy1 All American 2303 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " Gonna be like 12 people in a 3 bedroom 2 bath condos" |
this is an exaggeration, right?6/30/2014 1:37:49 PM |
Smath74 All American 93277 Posts user info edit post |
great. we are taking our yearly week long beach trip this weekend. ugh. 6/30/2014 1:48:31 PM |
dyne All American 7323 Posts user info edit post |
yeah going to the beach on a holiday weekend is impossible unless you get there before 8am. otherwise you get caught up in a clusterfuck of traffic and probably end up paying $30 to park somewhere. 6/30/2014 1:49:32 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
if i had beach plans this weekend i would be happy with this because it means fewer people and better surfing 6/30/2014 1:52:58 PM |
sawahash All American 35321 Posts user info edit post |
Oh great, work well probably close early Thursday and be closed on Friday, that sucks...oh wait no it doesn't.
It'll just be a cat 1 at most when it gets here, nothing to worry about. 7/1/2014 8:41:22 AM |
Jeepin4x4 #Pack9 35774 Posts user info edit post |
maybe this storm will offer a chance for a hurricane party in Raleigh. 7/1/2014 8:58:44 AM |
mikey99cobra All American 1138 Posts user info edit post |
I am in Atlantic Beach with my family for the week. My wife is already freaking out wanting to leave tomorrow to avoid certain death from the storm. I'm saying wait it out and Friday afternoon and Saturday will be awesome down here. What say you TWW? 7/1/2014 10:27:14 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
^^won't be anything more severe than a bad thunderstorm, at best, this far inland. Barely gonna be hurricane strength at the coast, if it even gets that strong.
Not a lot of hurricanes have been hitting the US the last few years though, so I'm sure some people will take what they can get 7/1/2014 10:37:57 AM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
rip fireworks 7/1/2014 10:42:50 AM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
stay there Mikey.
I've been down there for a Cat 2 that should have been a 3...that was a bit nerve racking but all in all its not that bad.
Just make sure you have plenty of water and food since you dunno how long the power will be out and see if that area is prone to flooding, if so move your cars. 7/1/2014 10:44:54 AM |
BridgetSPK #1 Sir Purr Fan 31378 Posts user info edit post |
I agree! 7/1/2014 10:52:06 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
Unless I was on the Outer Banks and it was less than a Cat 3 I'd probably stay as well. 7/1/2014 11:12:52 AM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
In still heading down Friday no matter what. 7/1/2014 11:16:21 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
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Netstorm All American 7547 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I am in Atlantic Beach with my family for the week. My wife is already freaking out wanting to leave tomorrow to avoid certain death from the storm. I'm saying wait it out and Friday afternoon and Saturday will be awesome down here. What say you TWW?" |
You're absolutely fine. It's not even a tropical depression yet, and I don't even know if it's going to be a strong system at all. It will just be windy and rainy, it really won't be dangerous at all. You're insane if you think Friday and Saturday will be awesome though--it'll still be packed and it won't even be nice.7/1/2014 11:39:43 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
haha, certain death. I've been through several hurricanes at the coast, they can be quite fun, if you like doing stupid stuff. 7/1/2014 11:42:19 AM |
elise mainly potato 13090 Posts user info edit post |
It is a tropical depression according to weather.com
Actually it is now Tropical Storm Arthur.
[Edited on July 1, 2014 at 11:46 AM. Reason : .] 7/1/2014 11:45:23 AM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'm saying wait it out and Friday afternoon and Saturday will be awesome down here. What say you TWW" |
choppy surf combined with sweltering heat and humidity is not my idea of awesome.7/1/2014 11:54:23 AM |
pttyndal WINGS!!!!! 35217 Posts user info edit post |
So who's in for an overnight trip to the tower Thursday night
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JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
what/where is the tower? 7/1/2014 1:45:07 PM |
KeB All American 9828 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Just make sure you have plenty of water and food since you dunno how long the power will be out and see if that area is prone to flooding, if so move your cars." |
While it won't be a dangerous storm, these two items are what everyone visiting the coast will probably forget about. Maybe not so much the power outages but more the flooding. Hell I've watched CB flood after a 15 minute downpour.7/1/2014 1:48:05 PM |
KeB All American 9828 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_061a7c40-0141-11e4-a871-001a4bcf887a.html#.U7LzOxBFIWw.facebook
Quote : | "HARKERS ISLAND - Cape Lookout National Seashore has initiated implementation of the park’s hurricane plan in anticipation of the approach of a Tropical Storm Arthur. Based on the Tuesday, July 1 National Hurricane Center tracking data, Cape Lookout will close to the public at 5pm, Wednesday, July 2." |
7/1/2014 2:11:44 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
the crystal coast has started telling people to prepare as well and move in their emergency teams. 7/1/2014 2:41:00 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
I bet some fools will be camping on the north end still. 7/1/2014 2:57:06 PM |
JayMCnasty All American 14180 Posts user info edit post |
obligatory
[Edited on July 1, 2014 at 3:05 PM. Reason : .] 7/1/2014 3:02:19 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
YALL WATCH'IS 7/1/2014 3:02:41 PM |
HockeyRoman All American 11811 Posts user info edit post |
^^ That's actually not too far off considering it's because of El Nino that we've had and will continue to likely have a garbage hurricane season. 7/1/2014 3:15:53 PM |
pttyndal WINGS!!!!! 35217 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "what/where is the tower?" |
Frying pan tower. ~30-40 miles out of Southport/Carolina Beach.7/1/2014 3:27:26 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
is it gonna get shitty or not? 7/2/2014 12:36:49 AM |
BubbleBobble :3 114214 Posts user info edit post |
I'm down here
I had a nice couple of days at least 7/2/2014 1:31:22 AM |
UNOME Veteran 126 Posts user info edit post |
Had some friends take off work at noon yesterday and made it to Ocracoke only to find out they are shutting down the national parks at noon today. They said they were planning to cram 4 days of drinking into 1...so die. 7/2/2014 7:10:31 AM |
Mtan Man214 All American 2638 Posts user info edit post |
Down at Topsail now, can't wait for this thing to come through. On the plus side, we're in one of the tallest houses down here, so we can see pretty much everything. On the down side, we're in on of the tallest houses down here, so we get to experience pretty much everything. 7/2/2014 7:38:46 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
Weather at the coast looks great for Saturday Sunday. 7/2/2014 8:19:44 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
^^I don't get #2, in regards to an event such as this one. 7/2/2014 8:42:24 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
^more wind exposure. 7/2/2014 8:42:57 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
you're worried about wind exposure in a storm that is < cat 3?
[Edited on July 2, 2014 at 8:48 AM. Reason : .] 7/2/2014 8:47:47 AM |
JP All American 16807 Posts user info edit post |
Conditions deteriorate tomorrow afternoon through Friday morning/early afternoon with gusty winds & periods of moderate to heavy rain. By that point, the storm should be rapidly lifting towards the NE with the upper level trough pushing it out, and the mid to late afternoon of the 4th (may still be kinda windy w/ some wrap-around moisture possible) through the weekend should be nice with high pressure settling in. [/briefsynopsis]
As I posted in the other thread, this storm appears to be taking a track very similar to Hurricane ALex in 2004. That storm rapidly went from a tropical storm to a Cat. 2 hurricane in about 12-15 hours, fueled by the warm Gulf Stream current. Definitely something to watch out for since this storm became a TS further south than Alex did (i.e., should spend more time over the Gulf Stream). 7/2/2014 9:02:19 AM |
Mtan Man214 All American 2638 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " you're worried about wind exposure in a storm that is < cat 3? " |
I don't like rainwater in my beer and the increased wind means the covered 4th floor deck is useless.7/2/2014 9:32:06 AM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
7/2/2014 9:35:00 AM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
Topsail wont get much anyways...Atlantic beach, EI, Morehead etc...they will. 7/2/2014 1:02:35 PM |
Sayer now with sarcasm 9841 Posts user info edit post |
2pm advisory has the projected path a little more west of where it was at 11am. 7/2/2014 2:09:40 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
anyone have a link to a projected storm surge map?
found it: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/210553.shtml?inundation#contents
[Edited on July 2, 2014 at 3:28 PM. Reason : .] 7/2/2014 3:23:32 PM |
bmel l3md 11149 Posts user info edit post |
Leaving for New Bern tomorrow morning. Yay!! -_- At least the dogs won't trapped be with us. 7/2/2014 3:35:55 PM |
HUR All American 17732 Posts user info edit post |
A hurricane on the 4th how un-american. MUST be Obama's fault.... 7/2/2014 3:36:29 PM |
JP All American 16807 Posts user info edit post |
On thing to watch if Arthur struggles to strengthen: Particulate matter concentrations are quite high over the Carolinas/Georgia (except for the Coastal Plain) this afternoon due to Saharan dust over the region. If the storm begins to ingest the dust, then it could possibly weaken it some or prevent it from blowing up in intensity. 7/2/2014 3:45:41 PM |