Helene headed to Florida's Gulf Coast

Cantore come, everyone else leave asap.....

 

CAT 4 lock.

 

Well hello welcheyegator. You ever gonna settle up with me?

 

woohoo I figured it out. thanks @antny1

 

Scared money! No guts no glory

 

Hurricane Helene Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092024
620 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

...HELENE NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...

A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft currently investigating Helene
recently found that the maximum sustained winds have increased to
130 mph (215 km/h). The minimum central pressure has also decreased
to 947 mb (27.96 inches) based on dropsonde data.

SUMMARY OF 620 PM EDT...2220 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...28.0N 84.5W
ABOUT 120 MI...195 KM W OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 165 MI...265 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...947 MB...27.96 INCHES

 

Water Levels - NOAA Tides & Currents

St pete water levels

 

Cat 4 now

 

just saw this on another site:



Below is a breakdown of water level observations above normal tide levels by region:



Pensacola, FL to Apalachicola, FL.... 1.6 to 3.5 feet

Apalachicola, FL to Tampa Bay, FL....3.5 to 3.9 feet

Tampa Bay, FL to Key West, FL......1.6 to 3.7 feet

Winds along the south and southeastern Florida coast from Key West to Lake Worth Pier presently range between 25 and 35 knots with gusts to 40 knots. Winds from Key West to Cedar Key range between 25 and 40 knots with gusts to 50 knots. Winds along the Florida Panhandle from Pensacola to Apalachicola range between 10 and 15 knots with gusts to 20 knots.

 

Cedar key

Water Levels - NOAA Tides & Currents

 

In addition to other issues, @buckeyegator welches on bets? That should be a bannable offense.

 

Clearwater Beach Cams

13 angles

 

NOAA Interactive. click on any pin for station data

tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb/cidstorm.html?stormname=Helene

ft myers beach is surge of about + 4' over a high tide right now. contractors elft bunches of unsecured porta potties that are floating around.

fortunately this isn't the time of the month for a big high tide

 

Remember it was just a few years ago Michael hit on the other side of the bend as the 3rd most powerful hurricane to hit the US. I drove with the wife through the area just a few months later and almost got lost because I couldn't find my landmarks.

 

HH just got a reading of 943 mb

 

700 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HELENE HEADING TOWARDS THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND...
...700 PM EDT POSITION UPDATE...

A Weatherflow station at Egmont Channel near the entrance of Tampa
Bay recently reported a sustained wind of 54 mph (87 km/h) and
a wind gust of 71 mph (115 km/h).

Tropical storm conditions are approaching the coastline of
Florida's Big Bend. A Weatherflow station at St. George Island
recently reported a wind gust of 46 mph (74 km/h).

SUMMARY OF 700 PM EDT...2300 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...28.3N 84.4W
ABOUT 110 MI...175 KM W OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 145 MI...235 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...945 MB...27.91 INCHES

 

CO-OPS Map - NOAA Tides & Currents

Cedar key tide station ... If I'm reading it right, it's already about 3 feet above their next expected high tide level

 

Looks like a slight east shift in the path?