Posted on 09/04/2017 2:02:19 PM PDT by NautiNurse
While thoughts and prayers are with our Texas FRiends and neighbors, we are at the peak of the Atlantic Tropical Storm season. Hurricane Irma continues its trek from Cape Verde across the pond and toward the Hebert Box (see below). People with interests in the Southeastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico should be alert to the forecast path updates for this powerful storm. It is important to note that the average NHC track errors are about 175 and 225 statute miles at days 4 and 5, respectively.
Hurricane Irma originally had a small wind field. In the past 24 hours, however, the wind field has expanded with hurriance force winds up to 40 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds up to 140 miles from the storm center.
FL Governor Rick Scott reminds Floridians: Families should take time today to make sure you have a disaster plan and fully-stocked Disaster Supply Kit. Florida residents from West Palm Beach to Tampa Bay are heeding the alert. Store shelves are emptying of bottled water.
Mash image to find lots of satellite imagery links
Public Advisories
NHC Discussions
NOAA Local Weather Statements/Radar San Juan, Puerto Rico
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Miami, FL
NHC Local Weather Statements/Radar Key West, FL
Buoy Data Caribbean
Buoy Data SE US & GOM
Hebert Box - Mash Pic for Tutorial
Credit: By J Cricket - Modification of map from Wiki
Wow is that real?
Oh.My.God. Have mercy on the Caribbean residents in the path of Irma. That is a very disturbing video.
Do you remember on one of the K threads where that huge great white head which was at a tourist park, got washed out to sea and looked like a..... Carcarridon.. carcarius.. pre-historic gargantuan GW the Coast Guard snapped a shot of ?
When K pics started to resemble the Sumatra 9.1 I had to take a break.
Found this on the Stormcarib site.
Hurricane Irma: Video from Barbuda
Published on Sep 5, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcPdmsguY4U&feature=youtu.be
“Wow is that real?”
I got it off of another forum discussing Irma. I really do not know if it is for real. I probably should not have posted it.
No - it’s a tornado video from a few years ago. It’s after dark in Barbuda, and the big winds have not quite arrived yet.
A look at the eye of Hurricane Irma on the AirForceReserve Hurricane Hunter's radar....
Yeah that’s what I thought.
Thank you for clarifying the Barbuda video.
BRAVO/A!
That means it’s gaining strength. Probably 190 MPH by now with wind gusts up to 230 MPH
Does anyone have a link to a map that allows zooming in closely to see the path and predicted path? I have a colleague in Virgin Gorda(BVI). How close will the eye wall be to his location?
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Here’s an idiot in Dominica as swells from Hurricane Irma lash the island, causing coastal flooding earlier Tuesday afternoon..she’s lucky she didn’t drown..!
https://twitter.com/TTWeatherCenter/status/905233663004114945
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Yeah, good times:)
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