UPDATE:  Higher winds and storm surge expected tonight, tomorrow

The latest update from the National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City tweaks the forecast for the approaching Hurricane Matthew to increase winds along the Outer Banks and increase storm surge levels on the soundside of southern Hatteras and Ocracoke and along the oceanside on northern Hatteras. According to the latest statement from the Weather Service […]

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UPDATE:  Get ready for high winds, heavy rain, storm surge on Hatteras and Ocracoke

Matthew’s forecast track shifted slightly again in the 5 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center, bringing the storm closer to the south coast of North Carolina Saturday night before it moves east out into the Atlantic and eventually re-curves back down to the south. There are no changes to the  tropical storm warning for […]

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Latest Matthew forecast about the same, but focus now on rain

This morning, Richard Bandy, the meteorologist-in-charge of the local National Weather Service Office in Newport/Morehead City, began the first of two daily webinars on Hurricane Matthew with the headlines, which are promising for the Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center track, Bandy said, hasn’t changed much since yesterday afternoon.  Matthew is forecast to hug the […]

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