So do you think cat 2 through the south up to Ocala-ish, then tapering off after that? I have family in Lake Wakes, Lakeland, St. Pete, north Tampa, and Gainesville. I’d love to hear what you’re thinking with what you know so far.
sister just bought her snowbird mobile home in Ocala....
I like what Ryan Maue said about this: this is one storm in which the exact path won’t really matter. The size of the windfield means that everybody on the Fla peninsula is going to be impacted. Yes, the winds will taper off more quickly on the east coast than the west, but virtually the entire state will see hurricane-force winds.
It’ll start with Cat 5 on the keys, tapering to a high Cat 1 by Tallahassee/I-10. The swath is going to be epic.
I’m just hoping that the model trend that looks to be edging slowly westward stops... the longer that eye is over water, the slower the weakening will be.