Rainfall forecasts and rainfall totals from Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14, 2018 at about 7:15 am ET near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

The 5-day rainfall forecasts were extracted from the National Weather Service.  The first forecast was extracted for the time period beginning 8:00 am (Eastern time zone) on September 12, 2018.  Two forecasts a day were extracted.

Note that 4 hours is subtracted from Zulu time to get Eastern Daylight time.

Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 am (Eastern time zone) on September 12, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 pm (Eastern time zone) on September 12, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 am (Eastern time zone) on September 13, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 pm (Eastern time zone) on September 13, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 am (Eastern time zone) on September 14, 2018 (close to time of landfall):


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 pm (Eastern time zone) on September 14, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 am (Eastern time zone) on September 15, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 pm (Eastern time zone) on September 15, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 am (Eastern time zone) on September 16, 2018:


Forecast for 5-day period beginning 8:00 pm (Eastern time zone) on September 16, 2018:


Notice that the potential for rainfall begins to shift out of North Carolina in the later forecasts after Hurricane Florence has made landfall and is moving out of the state.

Below is the preliminary estimate of rainfall for this event in North Carolina from the National Weather Service.




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