Hurricane (The Cyclone) Season 2017

[BGIF]

Irma

Irma

42 deaths including 3 in GA due to falling trees.

8.8 million still in the dark in the S.E

1/2 of customers losing power in AL have been restored. I didn't lose power but did lose internet late last night. GA

Extensive loss of power in FL is going to take a lot longer.

Wilmington and the rest of NC under wind/tornado watch on Tuesday.

Irma moving through AL with wind and light rain, than on to TN.

IN, OH, and east to NJ and NY will get rain as the system moves on.

In all about 20 states will have experienced Irma.

 

[BGIF]

Hola Jose!

Hola Jose!

From NHC 5:00 am Update

the track guidance forecasts Jose to make an anticyclonic half-loop during the next 72 h. After that time, the confidence in the forecast decreases as the guidance diverges significantly. One the right side, the ECMWF and Canadian models forecast a turn toward the north and northeast, while on the left side the UKMET forecasts a westward motion towards the Bahamas. The GFS, HWRF, and the various consensus models are between these extremes in forecasting a turn toward the northwest and eventually north-northwest.

Yeah, it's going somewhere.

 

[wizards8507]

If anyone is an animal lover looking for an outside-the-box way to help in the wake of these storms, consider a contribution to The Center for Great Apes. My wife spent a lot of time volunteering there when we lived in Orlando and they do amazing work with chimpanzees and orangutans that they rescue from people trying to keep them as "pets." They got hit pretty bad by Irma and need all the help they can get.

 

[dshans]

My last minute plan to dodge Irma failed, but I survived and flew to Minneapolis Tuesday and am hanging with my son. (Which was the second goal.)

I'll find out next Thursday if my apartment and stuff survived.

 

[NDohio]

My last minute plan to dodge Irma failed, but I survived and flew to Minneapolis Tuesday and am hanging with my son. (Which was the second goal.)

I'll find out next Thursday if my apartment and stuff survived.

Glad you got out.

 

[BGIF]

My last minute plan to dodge Irma failed, but I survived and flew to Minneapolis Tuesday and am hanging with my son. (Which was the second goal.)

I'll find out next Thursday if my apartment and stuff survived.

Glad to hear you got out of Waterworld.

 

[Irish#1]

My last minute plan to dodge Irma failed, but I survived and flew to Minneapolis Tuesday and am hanging with my son. (Which was the second goal.)

I'll find out next Thursday if my apartment and stuff survived.

Glad you're okay.

My son and family returned yesterday. His boat and truck survived, but he said there were a lot of boats on St Johns river damaged.

 

[BGIF]

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WTNT61 KNHC 070329
TCUAT1

Hurricane Nate Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL162017
1030 PM CDT Fri Oct 06 2017

...NATE BECOMES A HURRICANE...

An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft just penetrated the
center of Nate and reported hurricane-force winds. The maximum
winds are estimated to be 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts.

SUMMARY OF 1030 PM CDT...0330 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...22.4N 86.3W
ABOUT 95 MI...155 KM WNW OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA
ABOUT 495 MI...795 KM SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB...29.18 INCHES

 

[BGIF]

HURRICANE NATE

Interactive Forecast Graphics and Coastal Watches/Warnings
Hurricane Nate Advisory #011A
1:00 am CDT Sat Oct 07, 2017


It's been interesting watching the TV stations and newspapers in several state forecasting doom for their target audience. For the past 24 hours regardless of where landfall was forecast, the eventual track took Nate within 30 miles of my house.

Last night it was 5 miles West of my house, some hours later it was 30 miles East. Late this afternoon it was a 1/2 mile West of house. The current forecast track bisects my house.

Fortunately we're about 250 miles inland so Hurricane Nate will be Tropical Storm Nate by the time he arrives here. Unfortunately we typically get tornadoes. Spent the afternoon cleaning gutters (leaves are falling) and the creek in the back yard.

 

[BGIF]

Hurricane Nate Public Advisory

Hurricane Nate Advisory Number 13
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL162017
1000 AM CDT Sat Oct 07 2017

...NATE STRENGTHENING AND NOW EXPECTED TO BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE
AT LANDFALL ON THE CENTRAL GULF COAST...

Moving at 26 MPH!



HURRICANE NATE


Moving slightly west. Tracking about 30 miles to the West of me now.

GO WEST YOUNG MAN!

 

[Bishop2b5]

Wife & two youngest daughters, as well as my M-I-L, are in the middle of a 2-week trip to the Bahamas that they've had planned for a year. Not in any danger from the hurricanes, but the weather's been pretty crappy almost the entire time.