Arthur has become the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic tropical season and is forecast by AccuWeather to take a northeasterly path along the Atlantic coast of the United States Thursday night into Friday.
Arthur will continue to strengthen prior to its encounter with North Carolina.
AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Bernie Rayno explains everything you need to know about Hurricane Arthur in the video below from track and intensity to impacts along the East Coast.
According to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski, “There is a chance Arthur becomes a Category 2 hurricane before cool waters off the northeast coast of the U.S. cause the system to lose tropical characteristics.”
Bands of rain and gusty winds will increase over the upper coast of South Carolina and will spread northward along the North Carolina coast into Thursday night. A few of these gusts can be strong enough to down trees and cause minor property damage from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to Wilmington, North Carolina.
“With this forecast track, the worst of Arthur’s wind will remain offshore, but some strong, gusty squalls will affect eastern North Carolina and especially the North Carolina barrier islands,” Kottlowski said.
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I listened to NPR coverage of this storm over the weekend. Their breathless intensity would have you think the next Katrina was bearing down. While it is expected to grow to a CAT II which is speeds still less than 100 mph, the bldg. codes for Cape hatterass required 140 mph designs. It is part of life on a barrier island. Sure be careful and don’t be stupid, but the end of the it is not.
I was surprised NPR did manage to get through the entire report without blaming ‘climate change” for a storm that has happened countless times along the Carolina coast.
@Menderman, are you safely evacuated?
What kind of white Anglo-Saxon Protestant racist, bigot, homophobe name is Arthur?
Give me Akamafula or Alejandro.
Oh no – conservative racist TEA party caused this most catastrophic storm in history because of greed and hate and carbon emissions and stuff.
Time for Obama to save us with more blaming people we don’t like.
Evacuate? Heck no! I’ve never left for a storm in the 20+ years I’ve lived here. My house is in a very safe place and I’ve never even flipped a shingle in the many hurricanes I’ve been in in this house. The center is supposed to be within 25 miles of my house, so I am expecting winds of 100-110 MPH around midnight tonight. I figure I will lose power by 11 PM, but I will be updating my status on my facebook page as long as I have power. The biggest pain in the ass is the clean-up after the storm, but I recently broke 7 ribs and a collar bone, so I ain’t participating in the clean-up. Maybe I’ll get some good pics and vids to share.
PS: I HATE night hurricanes!!!
Best of luck to you, Menderman!
And to my friends in Duck, all I can say is, “Duck!”
@Menderman — stay safe and keep us posted.
Good luck Menderman – check back with us after it’s over.
Arthur Spooner
Anyone know if iowahawk is moving to Texas?
It looks like it will be a direct hit on the Menderman Household!!
https://www.facebook.com/289575117762761/photos/pb.289575117762761.-2207520000.1404422084./702098039843798/?type=1&theater
(maybe BFH can embed the pic for those here without facebook?)
About 10 yrs ago, I had to come down to Morehead to fix my friend’s grandma’s roof after a storm. The day before I had been consuming copious amounts of liquid hops and barley, and ended up on the losing side of a wrestling match between myself and a Polaris Sportsman 500 that resulted in a couple of cracked ribs (and a still visible raspberry on my right arm). So what do you do when there’s a 70-something yr old lady with lung cancer and a blind husband whose roof has just been blown off 2 hrs away and you have a hangover and 2 cracked ribs? That was the hardest damn 2sq of shingles I ever replaced in my life!
I feel for ya Mender. If you end up needing a hand, let me know. I’d be glad to hop in the truck and head down there to help you out. Hopefully, The Lord will keep you and your home from harm’s way! Stay Safe!
I wish Arthur would sit and spin over the White House on the 4th of July.. you know.. Mother Nature’s way of punishing the house negro..
“(maybe BFH can embed the pic for those here without facebook?)”
Great idea Menderman!
Praying for you & yours to be safe!
My daughter and son in law live in Va. Beach just North of where Arthur is suppose to hit. I had to ask her this morning if they’d be OK, she seems to think so and the projected path looks like it will go back out to sea and come ashore farther N. in New England somewhere. I’m glad I don’t live where there are hurricanes or tornadoes, we just get tons of snow some winters and Mt. St. Helens blowing up in 1980 which was a once in my lifetime event. Keep safe all of you who may live in the hurricanes path and have a great Independence Day tomorrow.
@Menderman – Hope you guys get off light, especially since I’m coming back down there for vacation again next month. Keep your head down!
@Stirrin the BS:
Maybe they named it after Arthur Ashe.
Double PC points: black AND AIDS patient.
@GFY – “…Maybe they named it after Arthur Ashe…”
Maybe, but that name is soooo pre-civil rights movement.
@Menderman—
Praying that all of you stay safe!
BTW, how in the world did you break 7 ribs and your collar bone???
Damn, Kenny! How did you do that? Broken ribs are awful.
And yes, Burge is moving to outside Austin. He says sometime in October (I think).
All is good so far. Just one tree down so far, unfortunately it is on the skiff. Skiff appears to be undamaged.
Broken ribs came from a bike crash. Seems some SOB looseneded my training wheels! Broke ribs 3-9 in 13 places and have a closed fracture of the left clavicle. All that on a one speed beach cruiser doing about 5 MPH!
Glad to hear all is OK so far – thanks for checking in.
Maybe the bike riding needs a little more fine-tuning? Yeow! I broke a couple a few years back and they still talk to me. Heal well.
Finally, the eye has passed to the north and east of me! Time for some shut eye. I’ll share some pics on FB in the coming days. Goodnight kids!
G’night, Menderman.
Stay safe and check in in the morning so we know you’re OK.
After it “batters” the coast, maybe it will fry it in butter!
Ricky, I’ll go you one further. I wish it would hover over DC and flood Pelosi’s office.
Power is back on, tree cut up and stacked, driveway and yard raked and skiff back in the water ready to go! I have great friends and neighbors! They did my yard before their own! I’m buying the beer for all tonight!
@Menderman, that’s great news!
Thanks for checking in.
You do have terrific neighbors to have taken care of business like that, while you’re “incapacitated”.
Should be a good party tonight!