Marco Churning Closer, Laura Ready Right Behind...

As I await the 4 PM update, satellite views have Marco holding his own while Laura looks primed to become a major storm once it can get away from any land masses.  We begin with Hurricane Marco first.  Cloud-wise he looks larger, but the colorized view shows the core remains very small with the brightest (higher) cloud tops on the south side of its center.

We can't see his center yet on radar, but can you see the huge rain shield on his north and east sides?  Even if he makes a left turn before reaching our coast, we will still get in on the heavy rains later tonight and tomorrow.  OK, the new track is in and there is some good news for us.

NHC now has the center line track curving to the west a little sooner.  IF that proves true, it will mean the strongest (Hurricane force) winds will stay offshore and the wind impacts (power outages) should be less than earlier expected the farther north you go.  However, let's not forget the heavy rain threat. Traveling around town on Monday is not recommended.  Think of the virus...Stay at home!

As for Laura, the new centerline track has been shifted slightly back to the east (closer to us).   We don't want this trend to continue as that will bring the impact dangers back to us.  Regardless, we will be on the strongest side of that storm.   Let's get through Marco first.  We'll have time to deal with Laura later.  Stay tuned!  Next update after 10 PM.