Outer Banks Cams, Buoy Check on Non-Trop
UPDATE (2:30 PM): The NWS has issued a list of rainfall totals with Smyrna, NC topping 10 inches. Other noteable Outer Banks cam captures from today: The "Nights of Rodanthe" house has waves coming up around it (but it did in the film too; it's not unusual). And the neighbors definitely have some sand in their garage (this isn't unusual either, note the pike of sand to the right of their driveway that they constantly have to bail out).
UPDATE (1:20 PM): The Mirlo Beach cam has changed positions to show the waves trying to push next to a house, with a driveway (and possibly car) partially buried by sand:
UPDATE (12:20 PM): Almost looks like from radar that a new circulation is forming to the northwest of the old one. I am getting reports of flooding at Williamsburg and you can possibly see it on their webcams.
UPDATE (11 AM): Definitely some sand on the road at the Mirlo Beach cam which is now back online. High tide is around now, hard to say if that was caused by wind or waves. Tide appears to be far back from the road now.
As far as rainfall, the NWS Hourly Gauge-Adjusted Doppler Precip Site says it's been extreme over the Outer Banks with as much as 10 inches in the past 48 hours, but most populated areas such as New Bern and Morehead City have only seen 3-4 inches since the major flooding in Pender County Sunday night during the outer bands of the storm
Doppler-estimates show 6-8 inches as the max on the Banks but over 15" offshore since the beginning of the month.
AccuWeather.com Professional's Joe Bastardi [BIO] (PRO USERS READ NOW | 30-DAY FREE TRIAL) said in his blog this morning that he disagrees with the NHC's classification and believes this storm has potential to cause big trouble:
ORIGINAL POST (9:30 AM): The non-tropical (per the NHC) low pressure system off the coast of North Carolina will just miss making landfall on the eastern-most point of the Outer Banks. I'm unable to get to the Mirlo Beach webcam (super-secret live version) this morning so I can't tell if they are getting any overwash. The Avalon Pier Camshows a stormy morning with good-sized waves, as did the Kill Devil Hills webcam.
Above is a visible satellite shot from NASA this morning; the animation shows the center of the storm Buoy #41025, which was right underneath the circulation of the storm, reported wind gusts to 35 knots (mph) and a pressure fall to about 29.77":
Similar conditions with slightly less wind and pressure were observed on the southern Outer Banks station BFTN7. The buoy under the circulation also had waves spike to 10.5 feet:
Whatever the classification, the storm will cause heavy rain, wind, rip currents and high surf on the Outer Banks this morning, then up the East Coast later today as it continues its trip northeastward (see our news article for more info). This is what the estimated current wind/pressure field via the WRF in AccuWeather.com RadarPlus looks like:
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