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stormreader wrote:wx247 wrote:I know a lot of attention is on Florida right now, but just got this tweet from the US Virgin Islands and the earlier damage caused by Irma. Wow.
https://twitter.com/blkahn/status/906674272701173761
And I think British Virgin Islands were actually closer to absolute top level effects.
Bocadude85 wrote:We are getting pounded with hurricane force gusts, have been for hours now. Lots of tree damage and no power. Everyone stay safe.
mspencer wrote:Brett Adair showing what appears to be storm surge flooding in Naples
https://livestormchasing.com/map
Portaransas wrote:I hear the folks saying this isn't over. But I think it's fair to say, judging from the minor damage in Naples via Jeff and others, the wind part of the storm was not even close to as severe as it could've been had Irma not scraped Cuba like it did. I'm not rooting for anyone to go outside, but compared to what it did in the Carribean, Florida did catch a big break. Surge? We'll see but even that doesn't seem to match with the severe predictions we saw. Rain seems to be a temporary problem as it gains forward speed and weakens. All that said, I do hope for minimal damage and hopefully no loss of life in Florida. I do think it's important for us to be less CONUS-centric and really think about/ send prayers out to the thousands of people in other places whose lives were upended by her pre-FL landfall.
AJC3 wrote:NDG wrote:AJC3 wrote:
Dry air entrainment in weakening hurricanes is subsident. It actually makes the convective downdrafts stronger. We've seen these many many times in Florida.
Hi AJC3, do you those wind gusts the Euro and GFS forecast for the Orlando area of 80-100 mph could come to fruition? I am thinking it might be possible with the dry air coming in behind which could cause the downdrafts to carry those 125-150 mph winds at H85 down to the surface.
80-100 MPH? Yes! Especially, the longer short term motion (355-360 according to radar) keeps up.
NWgeorgiastormdawg wrote:Excellent TV coverage on live YouTube from NBC2 and ABC7 who joined together. Showed storm surge coming onto 5th avenue in Naples. Just search for NBC2 on youtube
MacTavish wrote:syfr wrote:Just lost the Naples cam....
Its back up. Ive been watching it since before the eyewall arrived. amazing footage.
NDG wrote:AJC3 wrote:NDG wrote:
Hi AJC3, do you those wind gusts the Euro and GFS forecast for the Orlando area of 80-100 mph could come to fruition? I am thinking it might be possible with the dry air coming in behind which could cause the downdrafts to carry those 125-150 mph winds at H85 down to the surface.
80-100 MPH? Yes! Especially, the longer short term motion (355-360 according to radar) keeps up.
I don't like the fact that it seems that there's been a surface trough over our area for a while now, I think it has to do a lot with Irma taking on a more a northerly track since this morning.
Portaransas wrote:I hear the folks saying this isn't over. But I think it's fair to say, judging from the minor damage in Naples via Jeff and others, the wind part of the storm was not even close to as severe as it could've been had Irma not scraped Cuba like it did. I'm not rooting for anyone to go outside, but compared to what it did in the Carribean, Florida did catch a big break. Surge? We'll see but even that doesn't seem to match with the severe predictions we saw. Rain seems to be a temporary problem as it gains forward speed and weakens. All that said, I do hope for minimal damage and hopefully no loss of life in Florida. I do think it's important for us to be less CONUS-centric and really think about/ send prayers out to the thousands of people in other places whose lives were upended by her pre-FL landfall.
skillz wrote:Vero Beach currently getting slammed with torrential rain and 36mph sustained with gusts of 50+ every minute or so.... Please shift west...not anymore east...
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