[kanaloa]

I will be out in the field next week too, on Wed no less... right in the path of it, exactly where the "D" is above. Supposed to be doing an environmental Audit. Miiight not happen if this keeps to the current track.

[b_a88]

Hopefully the track will change and it will go out to sea.

I am going to be gone for atleast a day so I won't be able to post the advisories here for atleast the next day or so.

[phileysmiley]

UPDATE
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Ophelia regains hurricane status
Forecasters: Storm could hit South Carolina early next week
Friday, September 9, 2005; Posted: 6:15 p.m. EDT (22:15 GMT)

(CNN) -- Ophelia regained hurricane strength Friday evening, and the latest long-range forecast from the National Hurricane Center shows the storm making landfall either late Monday or early Tuesday along the South Carolina coast. However, due to the the often erratic nature of hurricane movement, residents along the Atlantic coast from northern Florida to North Carolina were advised to closely monitor the storm because of the possibility it could strike their areas.

At 5 p.m. the center of the Ophelia was 175 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, and 220 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. The storm, with sustained winds of 75 mph, was moving northeast at about 7 mph, making it a minimal Category 1 hurricane. Forecasters said Ophelia was not expected to strengthen over the next 24 hours. However, it was projected to turn west on Sunday, which would take the storm toward land instead of out to sea.

Tropical storm warnings and watches for northeast Florida were discontinued earlier in the day, and forecasters have not yet posted any warnings for stretches of coastline farther north. Tropical storm force winds from the storm extended only 70 miles from the center, not far enough to reach land.

If Ophelia hits the United States at hurricane strength, it would be the third hurricane to strike U.S. soil this year, with three months yet to go in the busy 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis landed near the Florida-Alabama border in early July; Katrina brought devastation and misery to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida with two landfalls in August.

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> CNN
<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/view.jpg" border="0"> <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/09/ophelia/index.html target=_blank>complete article</a>

[phileysmiley]

<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WEATHER/09/10/tropical.weather.ap/story.wx.pm.noaa.jpg" align="right">UPDATE
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Ophelia a hurricane again; could hit U.S.
Storm still threatens people from Florida to Carolinas
Saturday, September 10, 2005; Posted: 4:01 p.m. EDT (20:01 GMT)

FLAGLER BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane again Saturday as forecasters said that a landfall somewhere along the southeast Atlantic coast appeared more likely.

Forecasters have urged residents from the Georgia-Florida border to the Carolinas to a keep close watch on Ophelia's path. A hurricane watch was issued from north of the Savannah River in South Carolina to Cape Lookout in North Carolina, meaning hurricane-force winds of at least 74 mph were possible by Sunday evening.

A hurricane hunter flying through Ophelia measured top sustained winds of 80 mph. It could strengthen a bit before an expected Monday landfall, said Eric Blake, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center. "Almost every (computer) model indicates a United States landfall," he said. "It's time to make those preparations."

At 11 a.m. EDT, Ophelia was centered about 220 miles east-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, and about 255 miles south-southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It was moving northeast at nearly 3 mph but was expected to head back toward the coast Sunday.

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> CNN
<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/view.jpg" border="0"> <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/10/tropical.weather.ap/index.html target=_blank>complete article</a>

[phileysmiley]

UPDATE
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Hurricane Ophelia threatens Carolinas
North Carolina governor declares state of emergency
Saturday, September 10, 2005; Posted: 11:27 p.m. EDT (03:27 GMT)

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) -- A hurricane watch was posted Saturday for the Southeast coast as Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane once again, and meteorologists said its meandering course could take a sharp turn toward land.

A hurricane watch was posted along a 300-mile stretch from the Georgia-South Carolina line to North Carolina's Cape Lookout, meaning hurricane-force wind of at least 74 mph was possible by Sunday evening, the National Hurricane Center said.

North Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency as the storm's track shifted northward with a forecast landfall on the North Carolina coast next week. The storm wasn't close enough to North Carolina that a decision had to be made on whether to order evacuations, said Eddie King, Pender County emergency management director.

South Carolina officials said a decision would be made soon about whether to order evacuations, but Charleston County announced it would open shelters Saturday evening for voluntary evacuees from low-lying areas and barrier islands.

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> CNN/Associated Press
<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/view.jpg" border="0"> <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/10/tropical.weather.ap/index.html target=_blank>complete article</a>

[phileysmiley]

<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/weather/0509/path.ophelia/5pm.ophelia.noaa.gif">

[phileysmiley]

<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WEATHER/09/11/ophelia.ap/story.ophelia.jpg" align="right">UPDATE
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Hurricane Ophelia taunts Carolinas
With Katrina in mind, residents wary of slow-moving storm
Sunday, September 11, 2005; Posted: 5:50 p.m. EDT (21:50 GMT)

WILMINGTON, North Carolina (AP) -- Hurricane Ophelia sat nearly stationary off the coast of the Carolinas on Sunday, taunting coastal residents made wary by the destruction that Katrina caused along the Gulf Coast.

The storm was more than 200 miles from land with sustained wind of 80 mph, but it was piling up heavy surf that challenged surfers and pounded the beaches. A hurricane watch remained in effect from just north of Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to North Carolina's Cape Lookout, a stretch of more than 250 miles.

Warning of the possibility of coastal flooding, Gov. Mike Easley sent 200 National Guard soldiers to staging centers in eastern North Carolina and ordered a mandatory evacuation of tourists visiting fragile Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks, reachable only by ferry. Residents of the island were allowed to stay.

Near Wilmington at Wrightsville Beach, lifeguards with megaphones ordered swimmers out of the water. "They are saying they don't want anyone to even touch the water," Kathy Carroll, 37, of Wilmington, said after abandoning an attempt to body surf in the waves. "Now I know how a flounder feels. I was getting tossed all over the place."

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> CNN/Associated Press
<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/view.jpg" border="0"> <a href=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/11/ophelia.ap/index.html target=_blank>complete article</a>

[phileysmiley]

<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/weather/0509/path.ophelia/path.sun.11am.jpg">

[b_a88]

HURRICANE OPHELIA ADVISORY NUMBER 22
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2005

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTWARD TO CAPE LOOKOUT
NORTH CAROLINA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE
UNITED STATES FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTWARD TO CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE SHIFTED NORTHWARD LATER TONIGHT
OR ON MONDAY.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES COASTAL REGION
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF OPHELIA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OPHELIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 76.0 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 255 MILES
SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.

OPHELIA IS STATIONARY AND A SLOW WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
OPHELIA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160
MILES.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...31.5 N... 76.0 W. MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE... 978 MB.

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> NOAA/NHC

[b_a88]

HURRICANE OPHELIA ADVISORY NUMBER 23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2005

...OPHELIA TEMPORARILY MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTWARD TO CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE
UNITED STATES FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTWARD TO CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE SHIFTED NORTHWARD ON MONDAY.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES COASTAL REGION
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF OPHELIA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OPHELIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.4 WEST OR ABOUT 240 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 290 MILES
SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.

OPHELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
OPHELIA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 160 MILES.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 981 MB...28.97 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...31.1 N... 76.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 981 MB.

<img src="http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> NOAA/NHC