Our overall impacts from a prolonged period of wind, rain and elevated waters from both Ian and other weather features,
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Our overall impacts from a prolonged period of wind, rain and elevated waters from both Ian and other weather features,
Ian has strengthened into a Major Hurricane this morning, and has made landfall over western Cuba. Hurricane Ian is expected to continue north into the Gulf of Mexico today, and then make landfall on the Florida peninsula early Thursday morning.
Confidence is increasing that Eastern NC will feel impacts from this system, with the greatest threats continuing to be heavy rainfall and the potential for flash flooding, as well as coastal flooding.
Newly-formed Tropical Depression 9 is moving slowly west through the central Caribbean Sea. TD 9 is forecast to turn north through the western Caribbean Sea early next week and strengthen into a hurricane as it moves into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
Fiona is currently moving across far eastern Hispaniola, and is forecast to move north into the southwestern Atlantic Ocean later today or tonight.
An active week starts today, with dangerous heat indices of 105-110 degrees expected today. Then, late this afternoon and especially this evening, strong to severe thunderstorms are possible, bringing a threat for damaging winds and torrential downpours with localized flooding. Some large hail and frequent lightning may accompany the storms as well.
Eastern NC continues to be under the threat for both dangerous heat, and scattered severe thunderstorms this afternoon into early evening.
At this time, the storm prediction center has upgraded the region to a 'slight risk' for severe storms, but if confidence increases that this outbreak will indeed occur, later upgrades may be necessary. Strong damaging winds of 60 to 80 mph, large hail, very heavy downpours with localized flooding, along with very frequent lightning, may all occur if storms develop Tuesday.
Today, June 1st, marks the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. NHC is watching two areas for potential tropical cyclone development.
We are more confident on significant icing for areas furthest south across southern Onslow County, western Carteret county, southern Craven county, and into eastern Pamlico county.
NWS Latest briefing includes increase is snow fall amounts for northern tier
Chances continue to increase that our area will be impacted by significant ice, sleet, and snow beginning as early as late Thursday night, and peaking Friday into Friday night.
There is the potential for severe icing across portions of Eastern NC. However, how deep and far north and west a developing warm layer progresses above the surface will dictate whether the wintry precipitation is freezing rain or sleet.