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After one has ridden out a Cat 4 or 5 storms, pretenders now of this size become of little concern. You already have everything planned for. Open up a beer and watch the fool's.
Just like the upstate NY people hunker down for the blizzard that comes through once or twice s sesson and get up the next day with hot coffee and the tractors fired up to clear the drive and roads.
No big deal
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And, after the next day, everything is back to normal. Not so for the areas most directly affected by these storms.
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Unless a direct hit, it is over in matter of hours for a Cat 1/2.
It is an oversized thunderstorm.
A direct hit means flying debris and some flooding.
They are moving at 10-20 mph. With a core of 30 miles, the time of impact along the wall I'd not that great.
Flooding happens during storms that come through 10 months a year. For 5 months a big deal is made where only 1-3 of 10 are enough to break a sweat.
It is the lack of preparedness that causes problems and attracks media attention.
If not for the convention Tampa would not be in the news except ad a waypoint to the east of the storm.
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I didn't know there were any other Mobilians on AT. Thats my neck of the woods, although I work in the central part of the state now. I hope you have your preparations ready. Stay safe this week!
I'm prepared. I have beer, generator, and a couple of cans of flex seal. If it gets real bad I can make a boat out of my screen door.
Right now the projections don't make it look too bad. It's only supposed to hit Cat 2 status right before landfall. I hope the remnants make it up to the midwest so they can get a little relief.
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Other than the cities along the coast that will bear the brunt of the winds this storm is on a perfect track to make a lot of people happy. With the majority of the models predicting that Isaac will bore deep into the heartlands a lot of farmers that desperately need some drought relief will be getting a lot of rain.
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I am not a hurricane expert, but in the past day or so, updated track models look to mostly strike Tampa only a glancing blow. After that things get fuzzy, because if Isaac then veers straight North and hits the Southern gulf coast States along the Florida panhandle well west of Tampa, it may be only a tropical storm. But if the storm track then veers West and not North, Isaac could hit Alabama or even further West as a cat 2 hurracane.
Your guess is as good as mine.
Your guess is as good as mine.
Yeah, I'm in the area. I think I need a bit of aloe vera gel. I went to the beach in Pass Christian for a couple hours since the weather was excellent and got burnt. Unfortunately I didn't find out until I jumped into my hot bubble bath without thinking and felt my skin burning something fierce. GL with the storm.
Sorry Ruby, it's not even close!, it's not hi-res. It is nationwide, but for FL the WESH link I posted is light years ahead of that, you can zoom right down to street level!..
http://www.wesh.com/weather/radar
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zanejohnson
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Yea, same story for Voulsia county as well, glad I got off my ass and did a complete gutter clean-out this morning!..
Rubycon
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You do realize there is no zoom in radar, it's like digital zoom on a camera! :biggrin:
The link I posted allows for a multitude of radar products including dual polarity, precipitation history and velocimetrics. TV radars are often delayed as well.
If you really want to manipulate the radar data the best option is to purchase a subscription from a provider such as Allison House and use software such as GR2 Analyst - http://www.grlevelx.com/gr2analyst/
There are some free NOAA Level2 streams out there that GR2 can read but they may not be reliable or available depending on your ISP.
WeatherTAP is another popular "turnkey" subscription based service that's more affordable as well.
Closed circulation with dropping pressure and at least 5 feeder bands stretching out 400 miles and still not calling it.
They are a strange bunch down there in Coral Gables.
Yea, I knew it wasn't a true "zoom" feature but I do like the accurate street locations so I can see exactly when it's safe to walk my dog!. Also the ever-popular weather underground tends to get hammered during storms and can take a long time to load. I haven't noticed any delay though, at least not yet..
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