Hurricane Idalia - Gulf of Mexico

NHC/NOAA ^ | 26 August 2023 | NHC/NOAA

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping... happy you’re here.

[NautiNurse]

Florida hotel chain offers hurricane “distress rates” for Idalia evacuations

Orlando’s Rosen Hotels and Resorts is reducing room prices and waiving pet fees as the state braces for a major hurricane. Tampa Bay Times

[NautiNurse]

MacDill Air Force Base issued a base-wide evacuation ahead of the storm

Tampa International Airport will stop all commercial operations at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia

Sarasota County is opening all twelve of their shelters at 8:00 AM Tuesday. People living in homes built after 2002 are encounraged to shelter in place.

[Rockingham]

You may be on to something. Modern AESA type scanning radars have the ability to precisely target and follow small objects or small areas and put energy on them, one has to wonder just what that might do to storm clouds if applied in the right way. And with the Florida panhandle being a major training and testing region for the military, that is a logical place to carry out such experiments.

[NautiNurse]

WFLA Evacuation Orders by County in the Greater Tampa Bay Area

A quick glance indicates mostly Zone A, with the exception of Hernando County: Zones A, B, C (All areas West of Hwy 19).

Pasco Co. is encouraging evacuations in Zones B and C.

[nutmeg]

Thanks for your tireless work on yet another hurricane thread, FRiend. We're a bit worried about you and yours... do you plan to evacuate?

Looks like our area (Bluffton, SC) will get hit with a lot of rain, and some kind of wind - not sure how bad yet - on Wednesday. We are currently in Connecticut... hope our house in SC doesn't get damaged. We plan to be back there in a few weeks.

Prayers that all FReepers, their families, pets and homes are out of harm's way from Idalia...

[nutmeg]

Hurricane shutters (?) ping...

[DeplorablePaul]

oh yea...

[DeplorablePaul]

oh yea...

[steve86]

“one has to wonder just what that might do to storm clouds if applied in the right way.”

Evaporate a small section if very close.

[NautiNurse]

Near Hurricane Strength...

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Idalia Intermediate Advisory Number 8A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023
100 PM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023

...IDALIA STRENGTHENING AS IT NEARS THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND DANGEROUS WINDS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA...

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...21.2N 85.1W
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM SSW OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
ABOUT 280 MI...450 KM SSW OF THE DRY TORTUGAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB...29.15 INCHES

[cll]

We’re in PR but headed there in two weeks.

[Ingtar]

It seems to be strengthening with a fair portion of the storm over land. I doubt that is a good sign.

[VeniVidiVici]

I’m still wondering why they named a hurricane after an onion

[NautiNurse]

FL is getting more storms recently than PR. What is that about?

[TornadoAlley3]

Me Too. Singing this Sammy Kershaw song all week.

https://youtu.be/yYs8bIGseoI?si=ePW6bZEbc9eP87qi

[Ingtar]

Not quite, or you would be EniIdiIci. :) Somehow, somewhere, that name came up in their efforts to make the names more “fair”.

[NautiNurse]

It was the only way I could remember how to spell/say Idalia. The sweet GA onion without the “V”.

[Velveeta]

Hope you all stay safe!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Latest Spaghetti models have jogged west a bit, coming in at the Big Bend and further north of Tampa Bay. We are under a tropical storm warning right now in Central Florida.