6am EDT Position Update
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/8/2016, 6:05 am
HURRICANE MATTHEW TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL142016
600 AM EDT SAT OCT 08 2016

...6 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...MATTHEW'S NORTHERN EYEWALL WITH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS LASHING THE
SOUTHERN COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

A private weather station on Tybee Island, Georgia, recently
reported a wind gust of 93 mph (150 km/h), while another private
weather station in Beaufort, South Carolina, recorded a wind gust of
83 mph (133 km/h). A wind gust of 85 mph (137 km/h) was recently
measured at the airport on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Water levels remain high along much of the St. Johns River, with
3.0 feet of storm surge inundation reported at the Racy Point
tide gauge.  About 4.8 ft of storm surge inundation was reported at
Ft. Pulaski, Georgia, near Savannah, and 3.5 ft of storm surge
inundation has been reported at the Port of Charleston, South
Carolina.

SUMMARY OF 600 AM EDT...1000 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...32.2N 80.4W
ABOUT 20 MI...30 KM E OF HILTON HEAD SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM SSW OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...955 MB...28.20 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Stewart



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5am EDT Sat: 105mph; NNE at 12 mph; Hurricane wind lashing Hilton Head; Storm surge in GA, SC - Chris in Tampa, 10/8/2016, 5:08 am
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