[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Idalia...
Expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane...

400 AM CDT Update
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About 85 MI N of The Western Tip of Cuba
About 370 MI SSW of Tampa FL
Max Sustained Winds...75 MPH
Movement...N at 14 MPH
Minimum Pressure...981 MB

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 15 miles from the storm center.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 160 miles from the center.

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[sheikdetailfeather]

Per WFTV if the track still stands Orlando gets 39+ mph gusts in the worst part of the storm since computer models are trending more west toward Tallahassee. Possible power outages here with 1-4” of much needed rain after all those days of high 90’s. As a side note, Brian Shields said there is a possibility this storm does a loop once it crosses to the east coast.

[rodguy911]

14 mph forward speed is fast for a storm to grow but the water is hot and steering currents must be light. At 14 mph a lot of folks will get a break from storms that just sit and rain with wind at slower speeds. But,this is no storm to ignore its gonna get big.

Once again no telling how many hours you put into this many of us appreciate what you do.

[alancarp]

There are two buoys in the open Gulf of Mexico that are more-or-less in the storm's predicted path. One of them (station 42099) is currently reporting the water temperature at 85.5 degrees. The other (station 42036) shows 87.8 degrees water temp.

Gas on the fire.