Hurricane Debby

NOAA/NHC ^ | 2 August 2024 | NOAA/NHC

[janetjanet998]

This is going to be a mess forecasting wise

Both the GFS and euro slowly zig zag it up the east coast with stalls over the next 7 days

In any event huge rainfall over a large area from From Florida to southern New England

[SE Mom]

Outside Orlando there’s a small area where I live (maybe a square mile or less) that hasn’t gotten rain for nearly 2 weeks until last night. Finally! It poured. So odd, I watch the radar each afternoon, oh boy here it comes, then the clouds split and go around us. It’s nuts. We were crispy dry while friends a couple miles north or east got soaked.

Poured here this morning then sunny, cloudy, breezy unsettled. Silly storm hasn’t got it’s act together. It looks to be a lot further west before eastward turn than earlier.

S’ok..got a good book, 4 days off and chocolate!

Best wishes for my fellow Floridians.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Thanks Nauti! Looks like it’ll stay west of us here in Central Florida. Looks to be a pretty good rain event, though.

[NautiNurse]

Oddly enough, we are in a “special” microclimate area which frequently gets less rain than ten blocks east. We’ve watched tropical storms dissipate or split apart to the west. We call it The Vortex. Some locals say it is due to the Indian burial mounds nearby.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Northeast bands about to hit us in a couple of hours. Future radar looks like about 7 or 8 bands in the after that. Brunt of the storm should show up to off. Stay safe.

[NautiNurse]

Depression becomes Tropical Storm Debby...
...New Hurricane Warnings issued for portions of FL Gulf Coast...

A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for the Florida Gulf coast from the Suwannee River to the Ochlockonee River.

500 PM EDT Update
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About 70 MI NW of Havana Cuba
About 100 MI WSW of Key West FL
Max Sustained Winds...40 MPH
Movement...NW at 15 MPH
Minimum Pressure...1007 MB

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles from the center.

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[NautiNurse]

A couple of observations:

This is a large system with tropical storm force winds extending 140 miles from the center.

Debby is looking formidable on visible satellite.

[NautiNurse]

[dfwgator]

"It'll probably turn into a Category 5 Hurricane."

*Waaah-Waaaaaaah*

[NautiNurse]

I recall Ivan looping around for a second visit to Florida in 2004. What storm visited GITMO three times?

[MD Expat in PA]

That blowed up like real quick.

[NautiNurse]

Yep. Can’t recall the last time I posted a thread prior to a named storm. This one definitely had that ominous look about it.

[numberonepal]

I’m battened down NN. Come on Debby. Praying for my bananas and papayas.

[rodguy911]

We missed the TS warning by 30 miles.

[NautiNurse]

Oh! You reminded me I should have plucked some avocados. Thanks.

[NautiNurse]

Key West radar seems to be struggling in the past hour.

[rodguy911]

wow impressive and a lot closer than i thought.

[numberonepal]

Squall line passing through Tampa Bay area.

That squall around 1300 caught me by surprise.

[NautiNurse]

Looks like you are getting the long version of a strong squall line.

[rodguy911]

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/key-west/33040/weather-radar/332323

try accuweather,
gotta go cook dinner.