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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“There is a bridge over the Columbia River at Astoria OR “
Just went over that bridge ( long 4 miles and high 260 feet) about a month ago. Turns out a new ferry is operating a ways upstream — handy for bridge avoiders. The next bridge upstream is a LONG ways away.
So much for the *It’s not so bad, only a little wind and rain* naysayers, eh?
Funny how all the armchair experts have never done or experienced what they are criticizing.
LOL!!......soggy chips. I better forget the high rise and head to a shelter. So much for that idea. Wait, those kettle chips are a lot crunchier, stronger, better. I’m back in business in my high rise!
The water vapor views at this point are more about what will be steering Irma. Short term, she has a lot of bath water to work with, and not just in the Florida Straits. Her circulation reaches into the Northern Caribbean (shrimp boil water), the eastern Gulf (egg poaching water) and the Bahamas (veggie blanching water). So there is fuel all over that she can tap into, she has well-defined outflow, and no shear for at least 24 hours. The only saving grace is that she is so large she will have a hard time winding up wind speed at an RI level, but the kinetic energy of the overall windfield, being so large, will mean widespread impacts.
I don’t want it going west.
Yes, all weather features are indirectly connected. So weather fronts do indirectly have an effect.
But over the oceans and outside those boundaries, persistent surface winds such as the Trade Winds or the Westerlies setup and steer hurricanes.
Occasionally you can get an aggressive cold front that would extend past those boundaries and cause a hurricane to break up and become exotropical. An example of that would be Sandy as it was hitting LI, NYC and NJ.
That's how I would describe it.
“a hurricane just sucked the bay out as far as she could see.”
Isn’t that what happens just before a tidal wave comes in — the sea “empties out” for a while? Then... whoosh!
Try 179.1. Looks to be a typo. That would be somewhere in Fiji.
Mississippi starts minnesota...what kind of flooding are you talking about? St Louis?
Good. Why don’t you test it out and report back if able?
Or, find someone who has done it and can give you advice.
Unless, you’re just having fun and playing “what if”....
Selfishly speaking, I’m liking the graphics that show the storm gradually veering west as it hits TN. For a while there it encompassed the whole state, but no more.
I got stuck outside last year in a powerful inland thunderstorm - nothing even close to a hurricane - and it was terrifying! The wind was so strong I could hardly walk against it, and the rain was torrential, blowing sideways. When I made it into a building, it took me a long time to calm down and get my breath back.
I can’t imagine being stuck outside in a hurricane.
My story can go for hours on that one. It was a lifetime in one month.
I am a bit concerned about the evacuation of E. Coast. This storm has spared that region and the Carolina’s.
The police need to keep strong vigilance there.
Hi, mm,
Thanks!
Unfortunately, it looks like I didn’t ask for enough detail!
Do you know what the time interval between each plotted point (white dot) in that graphic is?
It looks like I need around 1920 pixels width for Puerto Rico through Key West, and either a solid line plot or ~4x the data points. It might have to be some sort of zoomable online graphic, with that sort of detail.
I just feel sick thinking about the devastation this thing is about to wreak on its current forecast track.
I have a brother in Naples.
He’s moved with his g/f and cats to more secure housing. A house (by Collier County code - IIRC) that can stand up to a Cat 4.
I don’t his exact new address but I believe that he’s east of Highway 41. Probably OK from storm surge (maybe) but tornadoes, wind and localized flooding? Maybe not so much.
I told him to text me an occasional update as to how things were going. I assume that I’ll lose contact with him eventually when the cell towers start getting knocked down.
That may be a turn. Eyewall rebuilding.
No, I just found that by googling Irma storm track images.
I really NEED to go to bed.
Long day today and going out of town tomorrow.
er, make that later today....
groan.....
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