Posted on 09/23/2024 8:12:19 AM PDT by NautiNurse
The tropical system which would be Helene is developing in the Western Caribbean Sea. The storm is forecast to strengthen and move into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Here in central Florida , I keep hearing something on an outside wall banging against the house. I think it might be the cover for the stove’s exhaust fan. Hopefully it sounds worse than it actually is. According to my phone app, we are having winds of 24 mph with gusts to 47 mph.
From North Carolina....
And WFLA just reported that if Helene continues racing along at its current speed, 23 MPH, it could hit metro Atlanta still at hurricane strength.
Continuing prayers for all in harm’s way.
Maybe it is mama raccoon and her brood asking for a place to have dinner and sleep for the night.
i’m seeing that on your radar... it’s gonna be fun tonight...
Looks like a cat 4 on radar and satellite to me
No recon in there right now but another plane will be in there shortly
I suspect the pressure is now in the mid 940mb
STEADY LIGHT RAIN here in NORTH Georgia.
Wow! I love that story! Thank you for sharing it! You are so Blessed to live there, and such a wonderful Blessing to those birds.
I used to share a crabbing spot with a one-legged great egret in South Carolina. He was a crusty old guy, but would stand right next to me grabbing the crabs I missed. I adored him.
I hope and pray you and your beautiful bird friends make it through this okay. I can never help thinking about all the birds and wildlife during these storms, and always say a prayer for them.
Okay, now you’ve done it. Now I am looking up how to make Cicolatta Calda.
Get ready...”Our Father, which art in Heaven...”
Likely. I have an interior bathroom with a fart fan that has a flap on the roof. Also, attic doors might "bounce" with the pressure changes in high winds.
946mb pressure now. This is gonna get crazy!
RE: Cicolatta Calda
I posted the recipe in this thread here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4266626/posts?page=254#254
We have 70 mph gusts, sustained about 50. Heavy rain in bands. Flooding everywhere. Gulfport, Shore Acres, Bayshore in Tampa is a river.
No damage, have power and stores.
5.56mm
How far from the coast are you located?
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WTNT64 KNHC 262200
TCUAT4
Hurricane Helene Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092024
600 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024
...HELENE CONTINUES HEADING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SPREADING NORTHWARD ALONG THE WEST
COAST OF FLORIDA...
A slightly elevated Weatherflow station at the Skyway Fishing Pier
near the entrance to Tampa Bay recently measured a sustained wind
of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a gust to 69 mph (111 km/h).
SUMMARY OF 600 PM EDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION
$$
Forecaster Bucci
Yay! Thank you! (Blowing chocolate kisses)
It was calm for a while out here on the beach, but that wind changed to the south something fierce and in a hurry. 48kt sustained with 65kt gusts according to my little weather station.
These are the winds which will escort the serious storm surge.
around 30 miles by the way the crow flies...
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