The Weather Channel reports:
Hurricane Florence is forecast to move slowly through the Carolinas and Southeast through this weekend and will cause catastrophic inland rainfall flooding, life-threatening storm surge and destructive winds. As of Wednesday morning, Florence was centered more than 500 miles southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, moving west-northwestward.
Florence is being steered toward the coast of the Carolinas by a strong dome of high pressure aloft over the western Atlantic Ocean. However, the track forecast has now become less certain. That high-pressure dome aloft over the western Atlantic is now expected to weaken Thursday into Friday.
This will mean winds steering Florence will collapse for a time, slowing Florence’s forward speed to a crawl as its center near the coast from Thursday night into Friday. With low wind shear and warm ocean water, Florence could gain a little more strength through early Thursday.
Given the westward/southward shift in the latest track, here are the latest graphics showing the total accumulated rainfall expected from Hurricane #Florence and the probabilities of Tropical Storm force winds (39mph +) reaching southeast SC and southeast GA. #scwx #gawx pic.twitter.com/Sazun29mio
— NWS Charleston, SC (@NWSCharlestonSC) September 12, 2018
Mayor John Tecklenburg and city public safety, emergency management officials will hold a press conference regarding Hurricane Florence at 10 a.m. this morning, September 12. It will be streamed live here: https://t.co/X28JUWHGpR. #chsnews #chswx
— City of Charleston (@CityCharleston) September 12, 2018
Flights to and from Charleston Wednesday continue to be canceled ahead of Hurricane Florence.
Charleston Int’l Airport officials confirm they will shut down runways at midnight.
READ MORE: https://t.co/exXLx7wBB7#florence #chswx #chsnews pic.twitter.com/6NfDACPrbr
— ABC News 4 (@ABCNews4) September 12, 2018
NEW: Just when Charleston seemed poised to duck the force of #HurricaneFlorence, computer forecast runs shifted, raising more concern about #Florence‘s impact on SC. #chswx #chsnews
Details here: https://t.co/tz6aLTzViI
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) September 11, 2018
As Hurricane Florence’s models shift south toward South Carolina, biggest impact may come from sustained rain and flooding, even inland areas need to be prepared. Latest from @greenvillenews team https://t.co/5ducEPTm7a
— Nathaniel Cary (@nathanielcary) September 12, 2018
FIRST ALERT: Florence track shifts farther south, bringing bigger impacts to SC https://t.co/xuRBWX5VB7 pic.twitter.com/NJp5OOVxs4
— WIS News 10 (@wis10) September 12, 2018