Hurricane Matthew Live Thread II

NOAA/NHC ^ | October 6 2016 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Matthew is big, bad and just downright scary, with iminent and sustained impacts to U.S. mainland. Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a state of emergency for all of Florida and disaster operations are activated. More than 1.5 million Floridians reside in current evacuation zones. Governor Scott has spoken with utilities across the state to ensure utilities are pre-positioned and there are no unmet needs. Multiple coastal hospitals have been evacuated. Meanwhile, feckless President Barack Hussein Obama is personally monitoring the progress of the storm.

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Hurricane Matthew Thread I

[American Quilter]

The northward trend seems to be leaving palm beach county in one piece!

Yippee! Great to hear good news.

[dirtboy]

For areas north of West palm to jaxville what would you say the surge will be?

Current forecast is 7 to 11 feet. And that could go up if the windfield increases due to the concentric eyewalls.

[outofsalt]

Go out and wave at the camera so we know you’re home;)

[DocRock]

Mixed up with doc rocks

Hey now, I'm your neighbor over here in Winter Haven! I've been following the threads but too busy to check in and say HI. I'm running Amateur Radio Emergency Services for a shelter over here right now. We have a lot of displaced people from the coast here in Polk County.

[jeffers]

Not liking the hook almost due west over the last 30. In the studio w clients since 9. Quick pressure and wind,anyone?

[rodguy911]

Wow they gotta be in the eye but would 28.87 make any sense?

[rodguy911]

Really something,I wonder if that’s near Settlement Point buoy which at 6:00 pm was reporting 65 knots sustained with gusts to 76.

[dirtboy]

Still at 938 mb and 140 mph. Radar presentation is looking better, however.

[rodguy911]

Wow anything in the mid 27’s is wicked strong.

[SE Mom]

Holy cow jeffers ..haven’t seen you since...Katrina?

[rodguy911]

Settlement point at 6:00pm reporting 65 sustained gusts to 76 but if the storm is that close I would expect much higher winds.

[NautiNurse]

Summary of 600 PM EDT...2200 UTC...information

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location...26.4n 78.7w
about 10 mi...15 km se of Freeport Grand Bahama
about 90 mi...145 km ESE of West Palm Beach Florida
maximum sustained winds...140 mph...220 km/h
present movement...NW or 325 degrees at 14 mph...22 km/h
minimum central pressure...938 mb...27.70 inches

[dirtboy]

Strange stuff going on with the eyewalls, plus a marked wobble to the west - and this close to landfalls, wobbles matter.

[GOYAKLA]

$.46PM then nothing on Graph . Could be a tech problem. Wind speed seems to be still responding. Really not sure of answer???

[rodguy911]

Not much different here in the Keys highest I’ve seen is 22 sustained at Molasses with gusts to 25 knots.

[SE Mom]

It’s picked up some forward speed, right? Hospital Comm Center tells us it will be a couple hours earlier than forecast..

[NautiNurse]

The eyewall looks like it is sucking air.

[dfwgator]

WPB could be in play.

[NautiNurse]

Moving NW at 14 mph 1800 ET update. It has been 13-14 mph most all day.

[SE Mom]

Anthony Sagliani
@anthonywx

Motion of Matthew inner eyewall now nearly due westward. Do not use short-term directional trends as extrapolations of long-term movement. pic.twitter.com/GGvj2Tn64A

Does that make sense in answer to your west wobble?