#Idalia now 'Post tropical' just meaning lost tropical characteristics. Hard to see in water vapor (yellow/blue/white colored image) & infrared (black/white/blue image). System clips Bermuda this weekend. May curve back for some rain to the Northeast US or Canada next week. 31Aug

Appears Hurricane #Franklin is decoupling from storms as wind shear negatively affects the system. Note the low level cloud spin center of image as storms bubble off to the South / Southeast (storm levels like to be nicely aligned). Out to sea in Atlantic. 31Aug2023

Sunrise over Tropical Storm #Idalia, Hurricane #Franklin, ex-Gert, and newly designated Tropical Storm #Jose in the Atlantic (pictured from left to right). All heading out to sea. Idalia to move near Bermuda this weekend on its way out. 31Aug2023

Hurricane #Franklin pulling away from #Bermuda 31Aug2023

Tropical Storm #idalia is slowly pulling away into the Atlantic (near Morehead City, NC now) with heavy rains Eastern NC and SE VA / Hampton Roads region this morning. 7aEDT 31Aug2023

Bermuda dealing with outer rain bands of Hurricane #Franklin tonight. Tropical Storm #Idalia may visit this weekend. 8pEDT/AST 30Aug2023

Storm Surge from onshore wind direction + high tide coming into Charleston & Myrtle Beach, SC as well as Wrightsville Beach, NC. #idalia 8pEDT 30Aug2023

Just follow the power outages to find #idalia 750p 30Aug2023 https://poweroutage.us/

Suwannee River USGS gauge spiking a few miles inland from #Idalia surge. 945aEDT

And hopefully Steinhatchee River is peaking. Need more data in report to verify. 1030aEDT 30Aug2023

Power outages beginning to climb in the Southeast. #Idalia https://poweroutage.us/
940aEDT 30Aug2023
FL: 264,000+
GA: 16,000+
SC: 500+

Hurricane #Idalia has made landfall near Keaton Beach, FL; about 15miles Northwest of Steinhatchee, about 12miles WSW of Salem, FL. 30Aug2023

125mph Hurricane #idalia about to make landfall between Salem & Perry, just North of Steinhatchee. Peak storm surge should be moving in now. 7aEDT 30Aug2023

Hurricane #Idalia has likely peaked in intensity with infrared satellite not as defined and pressure slightly up from 940mb to 942mb. Nearing land.
6aEDT 30Aug2023

Storm Surge rising along the FL coast.
5aEDT 30Aug2023 (unofficial estimates of current surge readings: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb/storm/Idalia.html# )
Tampa Bay: +4.75ft
Clearwater Beach: +5.3ft
Cedar Key: +5.09ft
#idalia

Hurricane #idalia now Cat4 with 130mph winds nearing the FL coast. 5aEDT 30Aug23

11pEDT 29Aug2023 advisory from NHC now calls for 130mph Cat4 hurricane landfall Wednesday morning as storm continues to intensify. Storm surge potential values raised once more. #Idalia

Hurricane #Idalia is now close enough to monitor on radar, therefore updates from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) are every hour instead of every 3 hours.

Tues 29Aug2023 10pEDT:
Winds 110mph
Pressure 960mb
Moving generally North 18mph
https://hurricanes.gov #FLwx

Tornado Watch issued for portions of FL. Tornados can be common in tropical systems, mainly Northeast of storm center. Typically moving in the direction of the storm that spawned them in rain bands. The tornado threat will move further North / Northeast in time with the storm. 830pEDT 29Aug2023

Eye starting to emerge in Hurricane #idalia as sun sets Tuesday 29Aug2023

Seek humans / NWS / local news & their websites for forecasts in Hurricane #idalia. Apps are great for receiving alerts, radar, etc. but they pick a random model for forecasts.

ie:
random app: 33mph winds, gust 60mph.
NWS: 65-85mph winds, gust 110mph.
#FLwx #GAwx #SCwx