So I'm watching NOAA buoy 41002, off the Carolina coast...

[krispos42]

...and the numbers and graphs are interesting... and scary.

First, the map area:
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/Southeast.shtml

Link to Buoy 41002:
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41002

Barometric reading graph (low is bad):
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=41002&meas=pres&uom=E&time_diff=-4&time_label=EDT

"Significant" wave height graph (high is bad):
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=41002&meas=sght&uom=E&time_diff=-4&time_label=EDT

Be safe, Carolinians!

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Enjoy all this science and infrastructure as to weather, storms, while you can

The rump putin GOP plan on gettting rid of it all and soon.

[cwydro]

5. No.

They won’t.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Over 20' wave height by tomorrow-- that is bad...

add a couple of feet of rain and the surge... During several high tide cycles...

Yeah, I'd sit it out. Sure, how bad could it be? Just a week or two of no electricity, no emergency care, no communication, no roads, and "...water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink..."

[FakeNoose]

3. Windspeed has more than doubled in 17 hours

At midnight last night, the wind was 11~ knots, by 5:30 p.m. it's over 25 knots.

Look out, North Carolina!

[krispos42]

4. The buoy is about 240 SE of Wilmington, NC and about a 90 miles west of the center of Flo.

Also, NOAA has a toll-free number you can call, 888-701-8992, that will read the latest observations to you over the phone. Just follow the directions to punch in the buoy number (like, say, 41002).

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dial.shtml