Major Hurricane Idalia hit Florida last week

Sharpies are probably on back order

 

Look at tropical tidbits Sunday video. Levi has a good explanation. Basically low and high pressure fronts creating a tunnel for Idaila to shoot through.

 

I don’t think it’s that unusual, Charlie movied through pretty quickly (I just looked it up and found 25 mph). Most storms seem to get sucked up NE pretty quickly once they hit a certain latitude. I would guess it’s more unusual for a storm to just park itself or to move at a snails pace, though obviously we’ve seen a few of those too. Ian and Maria come to mind, and I recall a few Texas storms doing crazy things, even looping around for a 2nd landfall.

 

DeSantis didn't pray hard enough on this one I guess

 

it seemed like Ian sat over our house for a looooong time. Irma was faster. Charlie blew right through

 

Indeed - aged like a cup of milk left out. I did qualify it with "right now" and "hope it stays that way".

The NHC Discussions over the weekend were rather ominous in tone when they discussed the possibility of rapid intensification. This mornings now says:
"The bottom line is that rapid intensification is becoming
increasingly likely before landfall, and the NHC forecast now
explicitly indicates it between 24-48 h in the forecast."

And they're now forecasting 115 mph Wednesday morning as it makes landfall.

 

I have some friends in the Bahamas that told me horrible stories of the cat 5 that sat on top of them for over 24 hours.

 

Water temperatures worry me. Hopefully it does not exceed cat 2 but the potential for intensification is worrying.

 

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 8
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023
1000 AM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023

...STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
WEST COAST OF FLORIDA...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND DANGEROUS WINDS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF FLORIDA...


SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...20.8N 85.2W
ABOUT 80 MI...125 KM SSW OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
ABOUT 305 MI...495 KM SSW OF THE DRY TORTUGAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH...100 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 360 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB...29.24 INCHES

 

Nobody wants to see an "M" on this chart...

 

Yeah, I was responding to seeing it on 96's post above mine.

 

All the models are converging and also showing a slight tick back to the west or further north landfall

 

Good luck to anyone in that area. Hopefully it peters out like Notre Dame always does.

 

Also, it is very clear why insurance companies are running from the state. All the population growth on the beaches/shoreline and the increase in deadly storms. Quite the problem here.

 

Who would have thought that increased water temperature would fuel hurricanes? Scientists? Insurers? People with brains?