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 Merritt Island ten-day forecast from Weather.com. They seem to be a believer in nascent #Helene. Thursday shows a 93% chance of thunderstorms with 27 MPH winds, for a storm on the opposite side of the state. But it's early.
Projected track and intensity for nascent #Helene. Intensity as high as Category 3 for the Panhandle, meaning a major hurricane.
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.
@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.