Jim K Global Moderator Posted October 8, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2018 Possibly hitting the Florida Gulf Coast as a Cat 3 as early as Wednesday. Quote Michael Intensifies Into a Hurricane; Dangerous Threat to Florida's Northeast Gulf Coast Michael has become a hurricane in the northwest Caribbean Sea. Michael will threaten the northeastern Gulf Coast by midweek, potentially as a major hurricane. Storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rain are likely impacts along the northeastern Gulf Coast. Hurricane watches and storm surge watches have been issued along the northeast Florida Gulf Coast. Michael rapidly intensified from Sunday morning into Monday morning. Michael has strengthened into a hurricane and is forecast to strike the northeast Florida coastline as a Category 3 with dangerous storm surge flooding, destructive winds and flooding rainfall. Michael is currently centered about 50 miles south of the western tip of Cuba and is moving north. // A hurricane watch is now posted for the northeast Gulf Coast from the Alabama/Florida border to Suwanee River, Florida. This includes Pensacola, Panama City and Tallahassee. Hurricane watches are issued 48 hours before the arrival of tropical-storm-force winds, which is when outside preparations become dangerous. Tropical storm watches are in effect from Suwanee River, Florida, to Anna Maria Island, Florida, including Tampa Bay. Also in a tropical storm watch is a swath from the Alabama/Florida border to the Mississippi/Alabama border as well as inland areas of southern Alabama and southwest Georgia. A storm surge watch has been hoisted from Navarre, Florida, to Anna Maria Island, Florida, including Tampa Bay. This means life-threatening storm surge inundation is possible in the watch area within 48 hours. // Weather Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted October 9, 2018 Author Global Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2018 Quote Florida Braces For 'Life-Threatening' Hurricane Michael To Hit Panhandle On Wednesday Hurricane Michael will make landfall along the Gulf Coast Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. It's forecast to be the most destructive storm to hit the Florida Panhandle in decades, and it will send life-threatening surges of ocean water into coastal areas along the gulf. The storm's steady intensification over the past two days, despite shifting winds, "defies traditional logic" according to the agency. Forecasters predict the storm will bring torrential rains and winds of upwards of 120 mph. Hurricane Michael was 390 miles south of Panama City, Fl., at 5 a.m. ET this morning, moving north-northwest at 12 mph with sustained winds of 90 mph. The National Hurricane Center has enacted hurricane, tropical storm, and storm surge warnings for more than 300 miles of the Florida coast. "The center of Michael will continue to move over the southern Gulf of Mexico this morning, then move across the eastern Gulf of Mexico later today and tonight," said the agency's 5 a.m. ET update. The storm's center is expected to move inland over the Florida Panhandle or Florida Big Ben area today before moving northeastward across the southeastern U.S. tonight and tomorrow morning. //snip NPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Here in Jacksonville (NE FL) we are getting the increased rain and wind, but nothing abnormal. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I was right in Irma last year, and seeing the devastation it caused, I wish anyone in Michael's path all the best - stay safe! DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Biscuits Brown MVC Posted October 9, 2018 MVC Share Posted October 9, 2018 According to the Orlando Sentinel, while statistically September is the worst month, Florida has a rich history of strong October storms with a total of 9 Category 3 or higher storms since 1851. Good luck to our Florida/Alabama/Georgia members who will be most impacted. DConnell 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Upgraded to a CAT 3. Supposed to hit tonight. https://www.foxnews.com/us/hurricane-michael-upgraded-to-category-3-storm-officials-say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted October 9, 2018 MVC Share Posted October 9, 2018 aww, I thought they were going to name the next hurricane "Henderson" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted October 9, 2018 Author Global Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted October 10, 2018 Author Global Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2018 Michael is a Cat 4 now...this will be the first Cat 4 hurricane on record to hit the Panhandle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Man, after one hurricane, I would never move lose to the coast again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Jim K said: Michael is a Cat 4 now...this will be the first Cat 4 hurricane on record to hit the Panhandle. What was Irma? When I was in Florida it was locally reporting as a 5/4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted October 10, 2018 Author Global Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2018 50 minutes ago, Human.Online said: What was Irma? When I was in Florida it was locally reporting as a 5/4? Irma (Category 5) didn't hit the Panhandle (key word) as a Cat 4 ... I think it was only a Cat 1 or maybe just a TS by time it brushed the eastern part of the panhandle. Irma just about wrecked the rest of Florida though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOC Veteran Posted October 10, 2018 Veteran Share Posted October 10, 2018 All the best to my friends up in the Panhandle area and any one else that's gonna get hit by Michael. Hope he dies real quick Sadly, it looks like its gonna be a really bad hit this time. Thankfully the Hurricane is gonna be on the move fast so it won't last to long, but the damage from wind and flood surging will be pretty bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted October 10, 2018 Author Global Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2018 This could become a Cat 5 ... 150mph sustained winds (>156 For Cat 5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 They are getting hammered. 155mph winds reported now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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