I just can’t believe anyone would voluntarily hang around. My only thought is they’ve never been through one.
Weather nerds........Milton
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That is an accurate statement. Talking to them I assumed they were experienced with real hurricanes but I realized Tampa/St Pete hasn’t really been directly hit by a 3 or higher in a realll long time. People down here that stayed for Ivan said they would never do that again.
I’m not sure about the wind forecast but they all the parks will be closed by 2 pm tomorrow. The announcement said the parks will likely remain closed Thursday, not sure why they even included the likely part. Hard to imagine a scenario where they open.
It's beautiful and frightening at the same time. Unfortunate that it won't just fade away over the ocean and only disrupt the shipping lanes.They don't get to look much better than this...
That huge plume of thunderstorms out ahead of the hurricane is an interesting feature.
People on weather forums are calling it the backpack. There's a crazy amount of lightening in it. That'll reach shore well ahead of the main event.
Sorta. When Sally hit Orange Beach Al my motorhome was sitting in OB. Sally was supposed to come ashore further west in Louisiana and I wasn’t concerned. The day before landfall I was working in north Ms helping someone move. Sally kept shifting east so about 3 pm I left home in north Ms heading to OB. I arrived after dark in a sideways rain. I put on a swimsuit and a scuba mask and hooked up my tow vehicle to head out back to north Ms. I dried off and put on some dry clothes. There was no way I was crossing the I10 bay bridge in a rolling billboard with that wind so I went back roads north through Alabama and then crossed over to Hwy 45 in Ms around Quitman. Oddly enough by the time I drove about 50 miles inland the sky was clear and the stars were out. Very little traffic on the roads. The eye wall came ashore early the next morning.
I know the pilot. He's a State meteorology grad
That was my first attempt at chasing a hurricane. I drove down and was set up in Mobile when it kept shifting east. I opted not to move east since it was my first hurricane. It was still eery sitting on top of the parking garage in 50-70mph winds watching all the transformers blow across the city.
That worries me. It may affect how much rain they'll get before the event starts
My thought was could that steal some of the energy potential of the ocean ahead of the hurricane.
Good luck.....no way I'd live in a state with 25 million that should only have about 10-15 million max.
This was last week, cannot imagine today and tomorrow. Howard Franklin bridge Tampa to St Pete.
You apparently would have stormed out of my elective Physical Geography class in Hilbun back in Spring 07 and withdrawn in disgust.
Because in the home of our own nationally renowned Meteorology department, other causes of climate change were being taught and discussed. So the thinking is not universal.
We are approaching climate change entirely the wrong way. I don't think we will be able to stop it even IF it is entirely human caused. We need to be spending the money we are wasting now on coming up with ways to mitigate the inevitable effects from it.
We used to vaction down there too. I haven't been in been in over 10 years but the house we used to stay at is still in the family. It survived the last one with minor damage, but the surge where it is was only 4-5 feet. 15 feet will wipe that island clean.
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Damn. That's not a little spin up liked you'd expect with a tropical system
I've gotten addicted to the storm discussion forums. The technical aspect is way over my head but I'm picking up that a lot if these storm nerds are not convinced that it will track south of Tampa Bay. There are a couple of favored models that still have it going right through the bay. From what I gather it will come down to how much energy it loses. If it degrades, expect that turn to the right and impact closer to Sarasota or further south. If the hot water closer to the coast lets him keep his intensity the further north it'll track.
Wild that it may come down to just a handful of miles. TB may fare better than it did during Helene if it tracks a just a few miles south. It might look more like the MS coast after Katrina if it tracks just a few miles north.
Wild that it may come down to just a handful of miles. TB may fare better than it did during Helene if it tracks a just a few miles south. It might look more like the MS coast after Katrina if it tracks just a few miles north.
The ICON model was the only one that had Ian coming in as far south as it eventually did. They have shifted their forecast back to right through Tampa for Milton . The Euro model has also.
Pressure is coming up and winds (145mph) are coming down so all good signs. It just won't have time to come down to a level where impacts are not too bad. We're already seeing it producing tornadic supercells across FL. If people haven't evacuated then they're basically out of time. It would be better to try and ride it out in your house than in your car stuck on the highway unless you're in the storm surge zone.
Do you have any free way of looking at the detailed ICON model? I see it on tropical tidbits but it's at a very zoomed out level
THIS is the right answer. We do need to make reasonable changes to produce cleaner energy, but we have to realize there's only so much you can do on that front. You will never get to net zero emissions no matter how much money you throw at it and how much you wreck the economy. The focus needs to mainly be on mitigating the effects.
Hopefully the eye stays south of the bay, that could make a huge difference in flooding.
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We also need to stop building such fragile structures in risky areas and having the insurance risk subsidized via increased costs (higher premiums in less risky areas, taxes, etc) to others. I'm fine with the development - just don't spread the risk to others who don't choose to live there.
Infrastructure improvements in already developed areas are necessary as well. I'm more comfortable with shared costs on that as it will better protect general industry and port activities that need to be in riskier locations. That's a benefit to all.
The ICON is available on Pivotal Weather. It was really close on Francine and Helene.
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Models have a very hard time determining the track until the system develops a defined center of circulation. They can tell something appears likely to develop, but that is about it. That's why I hate when some of these social media sites put out a graphic of the GFS 200 hours out hyping up a massive storm forming and hitting such and such area. Using fear for clicks is a pure dick move. Too many people in this area are genuinely terrified of hurricanes and tornadoes and when they see this it sends them into a panic.
Absolutely. I have been lucky not to panic in all the years down here. I have a neighbor that has been here for decades and was here for Ivan. We have been lucky with only Sally really doing anything in my time but when there is a threat I pay attention to him. All the newbies will board up, but until he does, I will not either. When we have a yellow I like to look at the long range models and if there is a chance do the small things ahead of the madness I do them before everyone starts panic buying gas especially the landscaping companies.
Update: Houseboat Guy secured it as best he can and has evacuated.
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You mentioned climate change and multiple causes, including some, but not all, being human activity. I agree that climate change is happening, as the MSU meteorology dept acknowledges, and there's not one single cause. Not sure what your comment is for because mine is not an extremist, unscientific stance. That is, I'm not saying climate change is gonna doom us all, that it's caused only by human activity, nor do I believe that it's no big deal because the climate has always changed. Except when I'm sarcastic, I try to avoid simplistic binaries.
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