Posted on 09/09/2017 2:08:31 PM PDT by NautiNurse
The entire Florida Peninsula and points north are poised to experience Hurricane Irma after the storm hugged Cuba's northern coastline. Thousands of Floridians who evacuated the Atlantic cost to Gulf Coast areas found their safe shelter under direct threat from Hurricane Irma as the forecast shifted W Friday night and Saturday. Hurricane Irma's prolonged interaction with Cuba diminished its strength to Category 3.
Irma is forecast to increase in strength as it crosses the FL Straits. The Florida Keys experienced strong outer bands while Irma grazed the N Cuba coastline.
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Yet nobody knows quite what all the fronts will do. The devil’s in the details.
While #wxtwitter is rife with nonsensical debates over Irma intensity - she's getting ready to quickly deepen & destroy SW FLA. GNight. pic.twitter.com/ijnF2iX1xZ— crankyweatherguy (@crankywxguy) September 10, 2017
Again we just had reports from data and the “turn” everyone is waiting for is has not happened yet. Stop looking at looped radar gifs; can be deceiving due to wobbles and the eye wall rebuilding etc. It will make that sharp turn but it hasn’t happened yet.
Bookmarking your post; upper level outflows vs. trough...
Understood and agreed, FRiend.
AMEN.
Yea and this is the hysterical rhetoric that can actually take your advice to another member and STHU. Who needs to be told by some idiot on twitter their home or business is about to be destroyed. As if that tweet is supposed to help people do what? Everyone knows the situation. What an ass.
You can. We loose a few people every year who drive off the road and into a river, field, lake, etc. Some aren’t found till spring. But I can usually walk away from something like that.
I suppose it’s getting to be like a used car salesman.
There are some honest ones out there, but they are overwhelmed by the dishonest ones.
And actually, the real meteorologists are the ones being overwhelmed by political activists playing meteorologist on TV.
I drove back to college in the midst of that storm after it was inland. I had to steer left to go straight. Bah.
Love it...
Irma is fighting the Northward shift.
the tweet I was referring to:
“she’s getting ready to quickly deepen & destroy SW FLA. GNight”
How gross to tweet that.
A front is coming down to meet Irma. When it does she’ll change direction. Still praying she makes it well into the Gulf first.
I suspect a lot of locals felt the same way.
The trough in question is already along the Gulf Coast. Your 'forecasts' would have more credibility if they were based on something remotely resembling facts.
No links,no nothing.Soon most Forida Freepers will lose Wifi.Spaming the thread.Enough.
How do you do that
Maybe the front will swallow her!! nah jk.
I know it will push her into that NW sharp turn.
The Weather Channel just had a commercial for a Hurricane Fur Wizzard.
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