Hurricane Milton aiming for Florida

How close would they have to get to see even slight Fujiwhara Effect?

 

Dude chill, I had to check there are some pretty crazy things going around out there.


Brett 1999
Chantal 1998
Jerry 1998
Bonnie 1986
Alicia 1983

Those are storms that reached Hurricane strength starting in the Gulf that hit the US, I only went back to 1983.

 

I think it depends on the strength of each system.

 

From what I can tell they won't get close enough to do anything. Moving in the same direction and the smaller area may not even turn into anything.

 

Think I heard DeSantis say today that Florida hotels have agreed to allow pets during emergencies. Did I hear that right? Is that new? Hope it might convince some folks to evacuate who might not otherwise.

 

Thanks for checking this... I don't remember any of these hurricanes starting in the Gulf. I don't even know the names... I draw a blank on these.

 

Hanna in 2020 hit Texas. And Francine earlier this year formed mostly in the Gulf. Various others recently, like Idalia in 2023, have formed just south of the Gulf off of the Yucatan Peninsula.

 

Thanks, it just seems like every bad hurricane that has hit Florida in the last 50 or so years were formed in the Atlantic. But then again, the origins of these hurricanes are not my forte. They always seem to always come from far out in the ocean. I hope we don't see anymore hit Florida...

 

Yep I only included ones that formed in the gulf proper.
The resource I used was only up to 2017.
I think there were a few more but some might not have made it all the way to Cat 1

 

The only good news is that it seems like it may run into some shear the last 12 hours over water which will likely knock the top speed down quite a bit. Fingers crossed on that.

 

ft myers beach is just f'd if this happens. another 9' plus wall of water...damn