I looked up the tide tables for the Big Bend area, and it looks like high tide about 45 minutes before high winds arrive. That means high tide waters already piled up on a concave coastline before Idalia makes landfall. This truly could be a devastating storm 😪
Now it looks like Idalia has picked up speed and high winds will arrive about 45 minutes *before* high tide and she will make landfall shortly after high tide. Oh dear. It just looks worse and worse.