Friday Night: ... East wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch ...
Saturday: ... Breezy, with a north wind between 13 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: ... Breezy, with a north wind between 16 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch ...
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.996896453738124&lon=-78.91204833984375&site=rah&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text... UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RALEIGH NC
930 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011
... PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- ...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
DAY ONE ... THROUGH TONIGHT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN ... FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
HURRICANE IRENE WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ON SATURDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS IRENE APPROACHES
THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AS IRENE MAKES LANDFALL AND PROGRESSES NORTH THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE COASTAL PLAIN...WITH THE WORSE CONDITIONS EXPECTED EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING
AT THIS TIME ... LITTLE IMPACT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN PIEDMONT
HOWEVER ... RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ARE URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE IRENE ... AS ANY WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE TRACK COULD RESULT IN STRONGER WINDS AND HEAVIER RAIN THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED ...
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/data/RDUHWORAH.htmlForecast advisory #23 (8PM EDT) suggests 5-30% probabilities of hurricane force (>74mph) wind in our area and 60-80% probabilities of tropical storm force (one minute averages >39mph) wind. Maps I linked elsewhere update:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=170x12478