Long gas lines are already being reported in Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas, as what exactly Hurricane Matthew will do is still sketchy at this time. The only sure thing is that the current Category 4 hurricane has people’s attention.
Where Will Matthew Go?
Matthew pounded Haiti overnight as it arrived as a Cat 4. Upon it’s leaving it is a Cat 3, and has eyes on the Bahamas with sustained winds of 125 mph.
06Z GFS look at Matthew. Classic example of why many of us in the weather business don’t have much hair left to pull out. pic.twitter.com/FfhmskZHkf
— James Spann (@spann) October 5, 2016
From there one of two scenarios are in place, neither is favorable to Florida, as Matthew moves north. By Thursday afternoon Matthew will set it’s sites in Florida, According to the latest models, Matthew has moved it’s track slightly westward. Any further westward movement and the predicted Category 4 hurricane will make landfall on Florida’s east coast somewhere between Miami and Jacksonville. If it keeps it’s current track, it will skirt the coast.
Further projections show a strong Cat 3 as it effects Georgia and the Carolinas over the weekend. The latest from the NWS National Hurricane Center puts the uncertainty of the weekend into perspective:
When a hurricane is forecast to take a track roughly parallel to a coastline, as Matthew is forecast to do from Florida through South Carolina, it becomes very difficult to estimate impacts this far in advance. For example, only a small deviation of the track to the left of the NHC forecast could bring the core of a major hurricane onshore, while a small deviation to the right could keep all of the hurricane-force winds offshore. It will likely take another day or so for the potential impacts of Matthew in the United States to clarify. Tropical storm or hurricane conditions could affect Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina later this week or this weekend, even if the center of Matthew remains offshore. It is too soon to specify what, if any, direct impacts Matthew might have on the remainder of the U.S. east coast farther to the north. At a minimum, dangerous beach and boating conditions are likely along much of the U.S. east coast later this week and weekend.
Matthew Could Give Titans Home Game
Tennessee Titans coach Mike Mularkey says there have been preliminary discussions about the possibility of playing Sunday’s game against the Dolphins in Nashville if Hurricane Matthew necessitates a change.
Kickoff is scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Miami.
“We’re prepared to go down, to travel down there,” Mularkey said Tuesday on his weekly radio show. “And if we got an extra home game, that wouldn’t hurt either.”
RutherfordSource.com will update Hurricane Matthew’s status as we know more.
The immediate impact to us will be breezier than normal as cooler weather moves in from the West.
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