There's also the suggestion in recon, satellite and radar that Ophelia is drifting westward or west-southwestward. This might very well be insignificant, but given the recent trend of the GFS to push the track farther west, it's something to be watching for.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed a potential WSW drift on satellite. I thought I was imagining it at first but it seems to be persisting at least for a few hours.
Also there appears on WV to be dry air intruding upon Ophelia yet again.... but the leading edge of the moisture is definately closer to the North Carolina coastline at the end of the WV loop than it was at the beginning of the loop.
I wouldn't say that South Carolina is out of the woods yet.
Update: net movement of .1 west in the last 3 hours according to the 2pm ET advisory.
-------------------- Hugh
Eloise (1975) - Elena and several other near misses (1985) - Erin & Opal (1995) - Ivan (2004)
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