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****SIGNIFICANT NORTH AND WEST SHIFT IN MATTHEW'S TRACK EXPECTED. EURO/CMC/GFS/NAM ALONG WITH OTHER MODELS, NOW SHOWING THIS SHIFT****
Matthew is a strong Category 2 hurricane aiming for GA and SC tonight. Saturday into early Sunday morning, Matthew will be tracking along the SC and NC coast, now tracking farther west along the coast and farther north, into the Outer Banks. What this shift does is increases the threat inland for rain/wind. Matthew's outter bands will now be placed over VA and NC, interacting with an approaching cold front. The combination of the cold front and Matthew's bands will increase the rain threat, now a widespread 3-6in+ threat for Central VA and NC, with isolated pockets of higher totals. Coastal areas and tidewater regions of VA and NC will receive 12in+. Widespread wind threat inland, gust in the 35-40mph range but along and east of I-95 40-60mph winds, along the coast 60-70mph+ winds. Wind and rain threat will start late friday night, peak Saturday and last into Sunday morning. NWS offices now issuing advisories/watches/warnings for this threat across the region. Please monitor forecast from your local NWS office and heed the warnings. I will have updates later so please check back in
