ATL: ARTHUR - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[WxGuy1]

Cape Lookout in the NE Quad Eyewall.

Yeap, wind gusts 81 mph so far at Cape Lookout.

The last ob I see from Cape Lookout has 71 mph sustained winds with a max gust to 84 mph.

This is a pretty cool site with keeping up with surface obs and other real-time data -- http://tinyurl.com/krtlfnb (zoom in on the storm).

EDIT: 87 mph gust reported near Fort Macon -- "
1024 PM NON-TSTM WND GST FORT MACON 34.70N 76.71W
07/03/2014 M87 MPH CARTERET NC WEATHER FLOW "

[TheStormExpert]

Interesting and strange how quiet it is on here with a U.S. landfalling Cat.2 hurricane.

[theworld]

Cape Lookout in the NE Quad Eyewall.

Yeap, wind gusts 81 mph so far at Cape Lookout.

The last ob I see from Cape Lookout has 71 mph sustained winds with a max gust to 84 mph.

This is a pretty cool site with keeping up with surface obs and other real-time data -- http://tinyurl.com/krtlfnb (zoom in on the storm).

Cape Lookout landfall just happened.

[HurriGuy]

should be declared a landfall very, very soon

[AJC3]

Something is trapped in the eye of Arthur based on CC/ZDR readings on radar. High ZDR (flat horizontal objects) and low CC (not rain). My guess: birds. Any opinions mets?

Makes sense.

[bahamaswx]

Interesting and strange how quiet it is on here with a U.S. landfalling Cat.2 hurricane.

Yeah. The main thread is usually about a page per minute during landfalls!

[UpTheCreek]

It's been pretty quiet here in New Bern, thus far anyway. Realizing it's going to get a bit worse, we still got very lucky with the track. Knock wood and good luck to all of those in Arthur's path.

[TheStormExpert]

Cape Lookout landfall just happened.

According to TWC the center of the eye is still 11 miles from Cape Lookout, NC.

[Ptarmigan]

Arthur is the strongest hurricane since Sandy in 2012.

[adam0983]

Holiday weekend and most of the people are from Florida.

[ravyrn]

No to take away from the destruction Arthur will cause, but can anyone link any observations to support cat 2?

[artist]

Something is trapped in the eye of Arthur based on CC/ZDR readings on radar. High ZDR (flat horizontal objects) and low CC (not rain). My guess: birds. Any opinions mets?

Makes sense.

weren't they going to launch drones in them this year? Could that be it?

[HurriGuy]

No to take away from the destruction Arthur will cause, but can anyone link any observations to support cat 2?

I am waiting for recon to turn back northwest for latest update

[TheStormExpert]

Still no 11pm advisory/update? Hmm...

[weathernerdguy]

Update has everything the same

[summersquall]

Is this the earliest landfalling Cat 2 hurricane?

[Chris_in_Tampa]

No to take away from the destruction Arthur will cause, but can anyone link any observations to support cat 2?

Given 100 mph winds and a movement of 18 mph, the winds might be sustained as low as 82mph directly opposite of the right quadrant which is over water. Now the 100mph winds might be a single spot in the storm, so the odds of something picking that up, unlikely even if this was all over land. Of course in reality, the NHC makes their best educated guess. There might not technically be 100mph sustained winds, but they can't ever wait for something to pick that up, they have to go with what the tools they have.

[HurriGuy]

eye tightening due to frictional effects with land

[theworld]

Cape Lookout landfall just happened.

According to TWC the center of the eye is still 11 miles from Cape Lookout, NC.

My radar scope says it happened several minutes ago, no big deal.

@NHC_Atlantic 2 minutes ago
Hurricane #Arthur advisory 13 issued. Eye of #Arthur about to make landfall near Cape Lookout

[seahawkjd]

Power's out in Morehead. Managed to rig a hot spot for a few. Actually not that bad here at the moment.