Hurricane Arthur Analysis

Hurricane Arthur is less than 12 hours away from making a landfall in eastern North Carolina. I’m going to give some radar analysis of Arthur and provide you with some links to track Hurricane Arthur’s progression this evening and afternoon.

Around 5:15 this evening I took a broad look at Hurricane Arthur. At this time Arthur had a minimal central pressure of 977 mb. In tropical systems, the lower the pressure, the stronger the system is. As of now, Arthur is continuing to strengthen. As of 4 PM CDT, Hurricane Arthur had maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, making it a category 1 hurricane. However, Arthur is expected to strengthen to category 2 by 1 AM CDT as it makes landfall in eastern North Carolina.

Here is the windstream map of Hurricane Arthur. As you might can tell, the strongest winds remain just off the coast of the Carolinas. With the wind pushing waves closer to the shore, portions of the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina will result in storm surge. Some surge waters could result in some places being under 6′ of water. Track the windstream map yourself by clicking here.

Above is some radar analysis of Hurricane Arthur. You can see some of the feeder bands impacting portions of coastal Carolina. Also, notice the strongest winds remain offshore, however are slowly making their way into the shoreline. Radar is estimating nearly sustained winds of 84 mph, with some readings of 74 mph just offshore.

You can use the above visible satellite to track the progress of Hurricane Arthur. You can notice an “eye” is beginning to form in the hurricane.