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September 11, 2005
Ophelias Impact
Still churning off the south East Coast, Hurricane Ophelia remains a cat. 1 storm. As of this morning, the storm looked very ragged. Good news is that the pressure has started to rise which is not good for development. Ophelia may weaken once more to a tropical storm. It is still almost stationary. Meterologists expect Ophelia to turn to a more northerly track. By Wednesday, heavy may be the primary impact from the storm as inches closer to the coast.
Heavy surf and rip currents will remain significant threats all along the Southeast coast.
Posted by Jeff at September 11, 2005 10:22 PM
Comments
Does this mean the storm is going to hit us in NY?
Posted by: David at September 12, 2005 11:07 AM
What does stationary mean in terms of a storm? Every report has this storm as stationary- off the coast of Florida, next day new map it has moved up to the Carolinas and is stationary there. Technically if it keeps moving it is not stationary so there must be a weather defination-rather than saying a slow moving storm perhaps?
Posted by: Pete at September 12, 2005 10:18 PM
Pete
Thats a good question. You are right, the storm was moving at times between 1-3 mph. It become stationary or "drifted" at times as well, which was under 1 mph.
Since there was very little movement off the SE coast, we just assumed an almost stationary position.
Posted by: Jeff Ragovin at September 13, 2005 09:32 AM