Hurricane a'comin (Ian)

16 foot storm surge expected.

 

155mph winds, borderline cat 5.
Stay safe.

 

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Traffic cams for Manatee/Sarasota counties

 

You can watch it live on Tampa's Bay News 9 radar, zoom out and set it to loop, it updates the loop every couple minutes ... and you can see the eye now.

Klystron 9 Interactive Radar | Tampa Weather | Spectrum Bay News 9

 

Something light. This is funny if you have followed Mike.

 

Tampa Doppler radar is measuring 177 mph winds on the NW side of the storm. Back side loop.

 

It looks really bad for the storm surge. High tide is in the afternoon today in Southwest Florida.

 

make that 18 feet, highest ever recorded. It’s CAT5 already. The instruments haven’t caught up yet.

 

I honestly wonder if there aren’t some politics in bumping it up that last 5mph. And it’s not like it matters much. It’s going to crush wherever it comes ashore regardless.

 

Has the makings of a very nasty storm, wishing the best for everyone.

 

11 am advisory has shifted slightly south, closer to Cape Coral and a Boca Grande landfall

 

By the way,
The reason a new hurricane hunter aircraft is just now going back in is because the last HH plane had a 700 foot turbulence drop in the eye and had to turn around.
Pilot said it was the roughest ride he’s ever had.

 

Holy hell. I cannot imagine experiencing that.

 

INIT 28/1500Z 26.3N 82.5W 135 KT 155 MPH (pin on map above)
12H 29/0000Z 27.3N 82.1W 105 KT 120 MPH...INLAND (Myakka City)
24H 29/1200Z 28.3N 81.4W 60 KT 70 MPH...INLAND (Kissimmee)
36H 30/0000Z 29.3N 80.8W 55 KT 65 MPH...OVER WATER
48H 30/1200Z 30.8N 80.6W 55 KT 65 MPH...OVER WATER
60H 01/0000Z 32.9N 80.9W 45 KT 50 MPH...INLAND
72H 01/1200Z 34.7N 81.5W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
96H 02/1200Z 36.0N 81.5W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/EXTRATROP
120H 03/1200Z...DISSIPATED