Major Hurricane Dorian moved toward the Carolinas on Wednesday night.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Hurricane Dorian was located at latitude 31.3\u00b0N and longitude 79.6\u00b0W which put it about 105 miles (170 km) south of Charleston, South Carolina.\u00a0 Dorian was moving toward the north at 7 m.p.h. (11 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 115 m.p.h. (195 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 140 m.p.h. (220 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 955 mb.<\/p>\n
A Hurricane Warning was in effect for the portion of the coast from Savannah River, Georgia to the North Carolina\/Virginia border including Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds.\u00a0 A Hurricane Watch was in effect for the portion of the coast from the mouth of the St. Mary’s River, Florida to Savannah River, Georgia.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Warnings were in effect for the portions of the coast from the mouth of the St. Mary’s River to Savannah River, Georgia and from the North Carolina\/Virginia border to Chincoteague, Virginia.\u00a0 A Tropical Storm Warning was also in effect for Chesapeak Bay south of Smith Point.\u00a0 Tropical Storm Watches were in effect for the portion of the coast from Chincoteague, Virginia to Fenwick Island, Delaware, for Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Drum Point and for the Tidal Potomac south of Cobb Island.<\/p>\n
Hurricane Dorian strengthened back into a major hurricane on Wednesday night as it moved over the warm water in the Gulf Stream.\u00a0 A large eye with a diameter of 45 miles (75 km) became more circular and symmetrical.\u00a0 The ring of thunderstorms surrounding the eye became continuous and a little thicker.\u00a0 The strongest winds were occurring in that ring of storms.\u00a0 Other bands of showers and thunderstorms revolving around the core of Hurricane Dorian also got stronger.\u00a0 Storms around the core of Dorian generated upper level divergence which pumped mass away from the hurricane and the surface pressure decreased.<\/p>\n
The circulation around Hurricane Dorian increased in size on Wednesday.\u00a0 Winds to hurricane force extended out about 60 miles (95 km) from the center of circulation.\u00a0 Winds to tropical storm force extended out about 200 miles (320 km) from the center.\u00a0 The Hurricane Intensity Index (HII) for Hurricane Dorian was 20.6.\u00a0 The Hurricane Size Index (HSI) was 22.6 and the Hurricane Wind Intensity Size Index (HWISI) was 43.2.\u00a0 Hurricane Dorian was capable of causing widespread major damage.<\/p>\n
Hurricane Dorian will move through an environment favorable for intensification during the next 12 hours.\u00a0 Dorian will move over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is near 28\u00b0C.\u00a0 It will move through a region where the upper level winds are weak and there is little vertical wind shear.\u00a0 Hurricane Dorian could get a little stronger during the night.\u00a0 An upper level trough over the central U.S. will move toward Hurricane Dorian on Thursday.\u00a0 The upper level trough will produce southwesterly winds which will blow toward the top of the hurricane.\u00a0 Those winds will cause the vertical wind shear to increase, which will cause Dorian to start to weaken.<\/p>\n
Hurricane Dorian will move around the western end of a subtropical ridge over the western Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 The ridge will steer Dorian toward the north on Wednesday night.\u00a0 The upper level trough will turn Hurricane Dorian toward the northeast on Thursday.\u00a0 On its anticipated track Hurricane Dorian could approach the coast of South Carolina on Thursday morning.\u00a0 Dorian will move along the coast of North Carolina on Thursday afternoon and Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Even if the center of Hurricane Dorian stays just south of the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina, the large circulation means that locations near the coast are likely to get hurricane force winds.\u00a0 Winds blowing water toward the coast could cause storm surges of 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.5 meters) in some locations.\u00a0 Dorian could also drop locally heavy rain and cause flash flooding\u00a0 near the coast.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Fernand made landfall north of La Pesca, Mexico on Wednesday and Tropical Storm Gabrielle developed south of the Azores.\u00a0 Ar 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Depression Fernand was located at latitude 25.0\u00b0N and longitude 99.0\u00b0W which put it about 100 miles (160 km) west-northwest of La Pesca, Mexico.\u00a0 Dorian was moving toward the west-northwest at 9 m.p.h. (15 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 30 m.p.h. (50 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 40 m.p.h. (65 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1007 mb.<\/p>\n
At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Gabrielle was located at latitude 21.5\u00b0N and longitude 34.4\u00b0W which put it about 1220 miles (1965 km) south-southwest of the Azores.\u00a0 Gabrielle was moving toward the northwest at 7 m.p.h. (11 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 65 m.p.h. (105 m\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1002 mb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Major Hurricane Dorian moved toward the Carolinas on Wednesday night.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Hurricane Dorian was located at latitude 31.3\u00b0N and longitude 79.6\u00b0W which put it about 105 miles (170 km) south of Charleston, South Carolina.\u00a0 Dorian was moving toward the north at 7 m.p.h. (11 km\/h).\u00a0 The maximum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[446,483,172,447,160,171,1083,813,214,1607,1651,1658,1659,1621,650,1653,24,100,99,322,1650,1657,213,1244],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8300,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299\/revisions\/8300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayhobgood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}