8a Sat 23Sept max winds 65mph, moving N 13mph, pressure 983mb. Center right at New Bern, NC. As center passes, remember winds shift and surge changes direction. Good for beaches, but Sound side can flood. Small brief tornadoes most likely spin ups this morning into afternoon is NE NC and SE VA.
830am Obs:
(highest each group in bold)
Power:
https://poweroutage.us/ (some of these will be directly from storm, others kind of indirectly as interacts with other weather systems nearby in the Northeast)
SC: 971
NC: 38k+
VA: 18k+
DE: 3.6k+
MD: 5k+
NJ: 11k+
PA: 4.7k+
Surge (From South to North):
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/in...m/Ophelia.html
Note: Wind may blow surge opposite side of water where a guage is so reading may be off from what's occurring nearby)
Myrtle Beach: 0ft (threat past, max was about +0.5ft)
Wrightsville Beach (Wilmington), NC: +0.3ft (threat past, max was about +2ft).
Cape Fear River @ Wilmington, NC running about
: +0.7ft higher
Surf City NC (marsh behind the beachfront strip): +1.5ft, dropping (max earlier was around +2ft)
In marsh between Emerald Isle beachfront and Cedar Point NC: +2ft, dropping (max earlier was around +2.5ft)
Beaufort NC: +2.1ft. steady-ish (earlier max was +3.2ft)
Neuse River at Oriental, NC +1.2ft, steady (earlier max was +3ft)
Pamlico Sound at Cedar Island, NC +0.3ft (wind direction pushing water offshore, earlier max around +2.5ft)
Pamlico River way up at Washington NC +2.5ft, rising (storm center South, likely rises until center passes, then pushes back out)
Pungo River at Belhaven, NC +1.6ft, rising (likely rises until storm center nears, then falls)
Hatteras NC, sound side: -0.3ft, falling, wind direction pushing water offshore.
Duck NC: +2ft, steady (max earlier about +2.5ft)
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, VA +2.4ft (earlier max about +3.4ft, another high tide cycle coming today)
Lynnhaven Inlet VA +2ft (earlier max +2.6ft, another high tide coming today for another max, then falls)
Swells Point VA (Norfolk Navy yard) +2.6ft (earlier max about +3.5ft, another high tide today)
James River at Fort Monroe VA +2ft (Earlier max +2.8ft, another higher tide coming)
Hampton River just N of Hampton University VA +2.8ft (max earlier about +2.8ft)
James River at historic Jamestown VA +3ft, one more high tide coming today.
Near Yorktown waterfront (USCG pier near Coleman Bridge) +2.7ft (earlier max about +3.2ft, another high tide later today).
Mathews at Ware River VA +2.6ft (at max, another +1ft or so higher predicted for this afternoons high tide).
Mouth of Rappahannock River VA +2.1ft (Earlier max +2.5ft)
Ocean City, MD +2.4ft
Delaware Bay, DE center of +2.8ft
Delaware Bay at DE River DE/NJ border +2.7ft
Atlantic City, NJ +2.4ft (Afternoon high tide cycle may be higher)
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