Figure 3

Best track and wind field indicated for hurricanes Irene and Matthew. Wind speed and pressure characteristics recorded for position nearest landfall in North Carolina (indicated by star). Intensity presented based on Saffir-Simpson (SS) scale. Best track information available via the National Hurricane Center, https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gis/. Figure created in QGIS (Version 3.16, https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html) using ESRI Satellite imagery as basemap.