Weather nerds........Milton

[The Cooterpoot]

That eye is tighter than a State fans wallet at an NIL fundraiser

 

[dorndawg]

Katrina weakened to a 3 before landfall too, but all that time in the gulf as a 5 built a killer storm surge. That and a very shallow shelf and very shallow Tampa Bay have the potential to make this really bad.

Why/how does a shallow bay make it worse?

 

[BIGDAWG44]

Hurricane Michael was a Cat 5 at landfall, that report was incorrect.

Which is crazy because they had the wind shear knocking it down significantly.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Why/how does a shallow bay make it worse?

All that surge energy get pushed upward as the ocean floor rises. A shallow bay will push all that energy and water up and out into surrounding areas designed and built around it that expect protection from storms.

A storm surge straight into a bay especially sinister. Lots of boats and structures expect safety, and they’ll get the opposite.

 

[Drebin]

Katrina weakened to a 3 before landfall too, but all that time in the gulf as a 5 built a killer storm surge. That and a very shallow shelf and very shallow Tampa Bay have the potential to make this really bad.

Like I said, it will be bad.

 

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

Milton should weaken before it hits FL. It is currently taking advantage of near perfect conditions to rapidly intensify, but as it gets closer to FL it is forecast to encounter some pretty significant wind shear which would serve to weaken at least some. It is still forecast to be a major hurricane but shouldn't be a 5 at landfall.

Showing maybe Cat 3 but still significant.

 

[Xenomorph]

4:00 PM CDT Mon Oct 7
Location: 21.8°N 90.8°W
Moving: E at 10 mph
Min pressure: 905 mb
Max sustained: 180 mph

 

[AlCoDog]

Hopefully some of the eye brushes the Yucatán. That will take a little steam off of it.

 

[bulldoghair]

Will be the first west to east Cat 5 recorded in the Gulf as well I believe

HAARP

 

[willi13]

We moved off Anna Maria Island about 5 years ago but still live in the area. Zones A, B, and C mandatory evacuations. We are in D. Just in from shuttering home. Gonna hunker down!

 

[Dawg84]

My company is based out of St Pete and I was just on a call with a coworker that lives on a boat. He is staying. That is absolutely nuts.

He does not need to be on a boat in this magnitude of a hurricane!

 

[Xenomorph]

A dropsonde just measured 216 mph winds just above the surface.

 

[PBRME]

He does not need to be on a boat in this magnitude of a hurricane!

He won’t be for long.

 

[Walkthedawg]

My company is based out of St Pete and I was just on a call with a coworker that lives on a boat. He is staying. That is absolutely nuts.

Nuts? That guy is looney tunes. He makes a flat earther look like Copernicus. That dude is dead. I hope someone with some sense talks him out of that.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Scenes on I75 are a nightmare.

 

[ckDOG]

HAARP

You forgot your sarcasterisks, right? RIGHT???

 

[RocketDawg]

It's pretty close to the northern edge of the Yucatan. Maybe that will lower the windspeed a bit from the current 180. But there still plenty of water once it gets away from brushing the land.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

You have family in the Tampa area. My wife checked on them today. My niece said that there is a solid line of traffic going out of town and there was no gas anywhere.

I think they may have a gas problem. Maybe it was just in one area on the north side of town.

 

[L4Dawg]

897 mb, 5th lowest ever in the Atlantic. Winds at 180 MPH.

 

[bulldoghair]

You forgot your sarcasterisks, right? RIGHT???

HAARP

 

[leeinator]

It just passed our resort on the Yucatán. Just a little rain and thunderstorms last night. Pretty wild how it spun up so quickl

Glad it will stay away from Mississippi. We've already been involved in 2 historical super hurricanes with heavy loss of life and property.

 

[Tigr2ndbase]

We’re just north of Tampa and getting ready. Shutters put up and hoping it veers south and weakens. It’s nothing but red and yellow heading north on every road here. Luckily our house was just built a few years ago so it’s got all the coding to withstand a Cat 3. It is going to be bad wherever it hits.

 

[turkish]

I heard if you repeat “there is no global warming” three times and click your heels it will all go away***

You have turned Dawg61-level insufferable.***

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

We’re just north of Tampa and getting ready. Shutters put up and hoping it veers south and weakens. It’s nothing but red and yellow heading north on every road here. Luckily our house was just built a few years ago so it’s got all the coding to withstand a Cat 3. It is going to be bad wherever it hits.

Please keep us informed. We will be praying for you,

 

[ckDOG]

HAARP

NO!

 

[Dawg84]

My elderly parents live in Palm Bay, which maps are showing the eye going directly over. My dad is mostly immobile, so they’ll be riding it out. Asking prayers for them. Thanks!

 

[HotMop]

We’re just north of Tampa and getting ready. Shutters put up and hoping it veers south and weakens. It’s nothing but red and yellow heading north on every road here. Luckily our house was just built a few years ago so it’s got all the coding to withstand a Cat 3. It is going to be bad wherever it hits.

Any trees close to your house? That's what destroyed the houses in Panama City.

 

[bulldoghair]

NO!

Yes.

 

[HotMop]

This could be Florida's Katrina. Shaping up to be a huge disaster.

Florida already had Michael, this is another Michael.

 

[HotMop]

Here's a picture I took 6 days after Hurricane Michael.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

You have family in the Tampa area. My wife checked on them today. My niece said that there is a solid line of traffic going out of town and there was no gas anywhere.

I think they may have a gas problem. Maybe it was just in one area on the north side of town.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Yes.

 

[bulldoghair]

 

[Arnept]

Milton reached a pressure reading of 897mb earlier, which made it the 5th strongest Atlantic hurricane on record.

Good news is that it has slightly weakened since then.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Great! I will message my niece that there is plenty of gas.

 

[OopsICroomedmypants]

You forgot your sarcasterisks, right? RIGHT???

Are you denying the technology or the intent?

 

[Tigr2ndbase]

Any trees close to your house? That's what destroyed the houses in Panama City.

Not directly beside. We’re in one of those communities where we aren’t right on top of each other. Got wetlands/preserve on the other side of the lake behind on our house but if those trees hit us then we got major problems everywhere.

 

[dudehead]

HAARP

So you’re saying those experiments in Alaska are causing these hurricanes?

 

[Anon1717806835]

So you’re saying those experiments in Alaska are causing these hurricanes?

If you had kept your tin foil hat on you would know the answer to this question.

 

[Pars]

Cloud seeding and thermite paint