Storm surge and Hurricane watches are likely be issued Tuesday for portions of the East Coast believed to be in the path of Hurricane Florence, the National Hurricane Center said today.
Florence is moving toward the west-northwest near 13 mph. A west-northwestward to northwestward motion and an increase in forward speed are expected during the next couple of days. On the forecast track, the center of Florence will move over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Bahamas Tuesday and Wednesday, and approach the coast of North Carolina or South Carolina on Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 140 mph with higher gusts. Florence is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some strengthening is expected during the next 36 hours, and Florence is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150 miles.
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Here is a full-day loop of #Hurricane #Florence from the #GOES16 mesoscale sector over the #TC.
No matter how many times you see it, it’s still mesmerizing to watch the #eye clear out & watch the rapid motion of mesovortices within the eye. pic.twitter.com/zod2p3e9KU
— Philippe Papin (@pppapin) September 10, 2018
View from inside the eye of category 4 #HurricaneFlorence today onboard the NOAA P-3 #NOAA42. (Video credit: Heather Holbach) pic.twitter.com/eEYOI2PBnh
— HRD/AOML/NOAA (@HRD_AOML_NOAA) September 10, 2018
#Florence will be a Category 5 hurricane soon… it has that ominous look of tropical cyclone perfection. pic.twitter.com/966uHRxf1P
— Brian McNoldy (@BMcNoldy) September 10, 2018
