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Near 90° and humid today. More rain tonight!!
Moving fast :
Look South :
Yeah, they are cooking up Helene to entertain us.
It's gonna 'thread the needle' and get into the Gulf.
@Bacpacker may get some rain Friday.
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We got .16 overnight. 40% today, 70% tomorrow.....depending on final track of the storm in the gulf
Not looking Good in these Old Eyes...!!!
Had some severe weather north of us around 6-7pm. Tornado touched down briefly on the Tn/Va border east of Knoxville. No confirmed casualties at this point.
Expecting 4-7" of rain between tomorrow and Friday evening, mostly from Helene coming up out of the gulf. Her track will vary amounts a lot. We really need the rain, but 7" over 3 days will cause some flooding in low lying areas.
Expecting 4-7" of rain between tomorrow and Friday evening, mostly from Helene coming up out of the gulf. Her track will vary amounts a lot. We really need the rain, but 7" over 3 days will cause some flooding in low lying areas.
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wet, 74F
Temp in the 90's the last 3 days. Breezy today, made working outside tolerable. Yesterday was brutal...
Started raining lightly about an hour ago. Saw an amazing lighting display, lasted about 20min, continuous thunder.
Just waiting for the hurricane... Hope I don't lose anymore trees, tired of cleaning up the mess.
Started raining lightly about an hour ago. Saw an amazing lighting display, lasted about 20min, continuous thunder.
Just waiting for the hurricane... Hope I don't lose anymore trees, tired of cleaning up the mess.
Will it rain overnight???
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Looking at an evacuation map, I can’t imagine losing all of my possessions because of a hurricane. Where do people go? How do they get out? Florida is unreal. Too many people. @rice paddy daddy hope you are ready.
We just head to a big hotel to the north.
You just secure everything around the house, put the cats in carriers, follow the signs, and listen to the radio.
Our first night of proper frost here, -3c. Had to scrape the windscreen and hoping the potatoes in pots are ok under the trees.
Hoping everyone is safe and well in the storm paths.
Hoping everyone is safe and well in the storm paths.
With a :
Hmmmm... 2 ...?!?
Helene to become major hurricane in Gulf of Mexico, strike US
People in the Florida Panhandle, Big Bend region and much of the central and eastern Gulf coast need to complete preparations for major hurricane impacts by Wednesday night before hazardous conditions arrive by Thursday.
The western Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico has been an area highlighted by AccuWeather meteorologists as a hot spot for tropical activity since the middle of September.
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in advance of the strengthening storm. Officials have expanded mandatory evacuation orders for the barrier islands and some low-lying coastal areas from the Florida Big Bend to near Tampa. Hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for much of the Florida Gulf Coast.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurr...hurricane-in-gulf-of-mexico-strike-us/1694728
AccuWeather began designating the brewing system as a tropical rainstorm this past weekend to raise public awareness and issue its own track map to help people and officials plan ahead.
Helene was a 65-mph tropical storm as of 5 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, a higher wind intensity than the prior advisory.
"The combination of deep warm water (ocean heat content) and low disruptive breezes (wind shear), should assist in rapid strengthening when Helene moves over the Gulf of Mexico from Wednesday to Thursday," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.
Helene was a 65-mph tropical storm as of 5 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, a higher wind intensity than the prior advisory.
Justifying the upcoming storm's rapid strengthening
"The combination of deep warm water (ocean heat content) and low disruptive breezes (wind shear), should assist in rapid strengthening when Helene moves over the Gulf of Mexico from Wednesday to Thursday," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.
"Most likely, Helene will create its own environment and bring a surge in moisture to the currently dry air over the Gulf," Rayno added. That moistening process was becoming evident in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday.
Helene is forecast to rapidly intensify, with maximum sustained winds increasing by at least 35 mph or more in less than 24 hours.
AccuWeather is expecting Helene to make landfall as a major hurricane of Category 3 strength (sustained winds of 111-129 mph) on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. However, it could reach Category 4 status (130-156 mph) at some point while it is over the Gulf of Mexico.
At this time, Helene's eye is most likely to track onshore along the Gulf Coast from the western part of the Florida Panhandle to the central part of the Florida Peninsula. This landfall window will continue to narrow once a strong storm center forms and begins to move along.
The highest landfall probability is somewhere along the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle--perhaps in the Big Bend area--late Thursday evening.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurr...hurricane-in-gulf-of-mexico-strike-us/1694728
Helene is forecast to rapidly intensify, with maximum sustained winds increasing by at least 35 mph or more in less than 24 hours.
AccuWeather is expecting Helene to make landfall as a major hurricane of Category 3 strength (sustained winds of 111-129 mph) on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. However, it could reach Category 4 status (130-156 mph) at some point while it is over the Gulf of Mexico.
What do AccuWeather meteorologists anticipate?
At this time, Helene's eye is most likely to track onshore along the Gulf Coast from the western part of the Florida Panhandle to the central part of the Florida Peninsula. This landfall window will continue to narrow once a strong storm center forms and begins to move along.
The highest landfall probability is somewhere along the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle--perhaps in the Big Bend area--late Thursday evening.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurr...hurricane-in-gulf-of-mexico-strike-us/1694728
Only 80° today! The cold front came through, no rain, teeceetex might of had some!!
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we are most likely going to get what's left of the hurricane on Friday, bad timing for us, we have a festival to get ready for Saturday
hope nobody is in the direct path at the coast
hope nobody is in the direct path at the coast
Yup, was woken up at 3:00am to thunder, lightning, and rain.
Stopped about 7:00am or so.
Everything is now soaked!
As wide as this hurricane is we will get rain and wind on the east coast even though Helene is supposed to impact the Big Bend area.
We live on the Fla/Ga border NW of Jacksonville. We are 45 miles inland from the Atlantic so don’t have to worry about big waves.
Are we ready? We stay ready, the only thing we have to do is make sure both our trucks fuel tanks are full.
Thanks for thinking of us!!
Started that Mower, got 3 strips down and the Sky fell down also...!!!
