From #News13: Tropical storm (likely to be named #Helene) projected to form later in the week, aiming for the Florida Panhandle.
https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/weather/2024/04/24/tracking-the-tropics-2024
The latest model for nascent #Helene, courtesy of Mike's Weather Page on Facebook. 941 mb in the eye is very bad.
(For the record, I'm on the Atlantic coast near Cape Canaveral.)
The latest on nascent #Helene ... The forecast continues to worsen, now possibly a Category 4 for the Panhandle.
The final panel is the ten-day forecast for Merritt Island, where I live (as well as #NASA #KSC). The winds are now forecast as 29 MPH, higher than last night's 27 MPH.
The four-leaf panel model suggests this will be an event for almost all of Florida, catastrophic for some.
Images from Tropical Tidbits, Mike's Weather Page, and Weather.com.
A catastropic drop in the #Helene millibar pressure forecast according to these models. Just in from Mike's Weather Page.
The #Helene wind gusts forecast for 1 PM EDT on Friday. The #SpaceCoast is looking at gusts in the 50s MPH. The Big Bend approaches 100 MPH.
#Helene evacuations underway in parts of Tampa-St. Petersburg from low-lying areas prone to flooding.
Watch WTSP-TV live at the link.
From #CNN: #Helene now forecast to be Category 4 at landfall somewhere in the Big Bend of Florida.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/25/us/helene-tropical-storm-florida-evacuations/index.html
Here's a Tampa Fox TV station reporting live on #Helene.
#Weather #Hurricane #Florida #Helene
Historic storm surge forecast for the Big Bend ...
A couple #Helene livestreams for you:
WTVT Tampa https://www.fox13news.com/live
WTXL Tallahassee https://www.wtxl.com/live
@WordsmithFL
Man, oh man. We were in Mexico Beach over this last winter and they were recovering nicely from Hurricane Michael that hit 5 years ago. Now, they will have this to contend with again. It's such a beautiful area of the Gulf. And the residents so resilient. Dang it.
@CherNohio If you have a Facebook account, you should follow Mike's Weather Page. Mike is a gifted amateur who specializes in #Florida #Hurricane coverage. He's gold for events such as this.
@WordsmithFL
Thank you, but I don't.
Good morning. I see that the southern half of Florida is now under a tornado warning. Please be safe.
Western NC also in trouble.
@fugitive247 I don't think we're going to experience much other than a wind event. Very little rain is in the forecast for the #SpaceCoast. Sustained winds top out at 30 MPH in the late afternoon.
@WordsmithFL stay safe & dry!
@DJ95X We should be okay on the Space Coast so long as it remains on its current projected track. I'm mainly worried about the Panhandle.
@WordsmithFL
I'm about an hour south of you
#Weather #Hurricane #Florida
Projected track and intensity for nascent #Helene. Intensity as high as Category 3 for the Panhandle, meaning a major hurricane.