The Cape Fear Mercury

Here, near the top of the Cape Fear basin, we’ve seen two and a half inches and more on the way as the now very extratropical Barry heads north.

Reports from the Coast and elsewhere show some serious wind and high surf and rip currents. Current watches.

Most of the headlines include the phrase much needed rains. Except in New Bern, where eyes were elsewhere.

There’s some question as to whether Barry was legit at all (unlike the above legit Barrys).

View from the Surface:

I wouldn’t have been surprised if it had been started as a subtropical storm, given the recon obs, and then switched fairly quickly to extratropical, but who ever heard of a tropical storm with a totally exposed low level circulation?

Totally.