The Atlantic Hates Everyone! - Hurricane megathread

[Galloism]

Forecast has it veering north very soon.

That's.....bad, right?

Not for Florida. It's good for Florida.

Bad for Bermuda.

[Greed and Death]

Hurricane Irma now contains Sharks.

https://me.me/i/live-breaking-news-irma ... s-18604821

[Galloism]

Hurricane Irma now contains Sharks.

https://me.me/i/live-breaking-news-irma ... s-18604821

The dolphins have clearly been plotting this for years.

[Waladdli]

It's going to be very bad for someone yes, especially the people in the Caribbean who just got hit by Irma.

I hear Antigua and Barbuda had to issue yet another warning. Fuck.

Yup... there is a mass evacuation going on in Barbuda right now. We're trying to get everyone out before Jose hits. And they're saying the seas are going to be rough tomorrow. Just came from the port and there's a lot of people coming up.

[Eol Sha]

That's.....bad, right?

It's going to be very bad for someone yes, especially the people in the Caribbean who just got hit by Irma.

Not as many if this forecast remains accurate. Emphasis on the if. You never know where a hurricane might veer off to.

[Wrapper]

The latest path projection looks very bad for most of Florida, as it's shifted westward. Projected landfall somewhere around Homestead Sunday morning, but instead of then drifting back over the Atlantic, the projected track now stays over land, just east of the center of the peninsula, taking it through the Orlando and Jacksonville metropolitan areas. This is a worst-case scenario for much of the state: a major hurricane, with the power of Andrew, taking a path similar to that of Charley, which did a lot of damage inland.

Earlier this afternoon, evacuations in Miami-Dade were expanded to the include the rest of "Zone B" as well as "Zone C".

Current list of watches and warnings from NHC's website:

The government of the Dominican Republic has discontinued the Hurricane Warning east of Cabo Frances Viejo and the Tropical Storm Warning for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...
* Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach
* Florida Keys

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo to the northern border with Haiti
* Haiti from the northern border with the Dominican Republic to Le Mole St. Nicholas
* Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
* Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, and Villa Clara
* Central Bahamas
* Northwestern Bahamas

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach
* Florida Keys
* Lake Okeechobee
* Florida Bay
* Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas and Matanzas.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Haiti from south of Le Mole St. Nicholas to Port-Au-Prince
* Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas

[San Lumen]

The latest path projection looks very bad for most of Florida, as it's shifted westward. Projected landfall somewhere around Homestead Sunday morning, but instead of then drifting back over the Atlantic, the projected track now stays over land, just east of the center of the peninsula, taking it through the Orlando and Jacksonville metropolitan areas. This is a worst-case scenario for much of the state: a major hurricane, with the power of Andrew, taking a path similar to that of Charley, which did a lot of damage inland.

Earlier this afternoon, evacuations in Miami-Dade were expanded to the include the rest of "Zone B" as well as "Zone C".

Current list of watches and warnings from NHC's website:

The government of the Dominican Republic has discontinued the Hurricane Warning east of Cabo Frances Viejo and the Tropical Storm Warning for the southern coast of the Dominican Republic.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for...
* Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach
* Florida Keys

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Dominican Republic from Cabo Frances Viejo to the northern border with Haiti
* Haiti from the northern border with the Dominican Republic to Le Mole St. Nicholas
* Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
* Cuban provinces of Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus, and Villa Clara
* Central Bahamas
* Northwestern Bahamas

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Jupiter Inlet southward around the Florida peninsula to Bonita Beach
* Florida Keys
* Lake Okeechobee
* Florida Bay
* Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas and Matanzas.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Haiti from south of Le Mole St. Nicholas to Port-Au-Prince
* Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas

It also means the worst of the storm goes right over Miami from what i heard.

[Wrapper]

It also means the worst of the storm goes right over Miami from what i heard.

Yes, Homestead is just west of Miami, meaning Miami is going to get the worst of the winds, much like it did with Andrew. The main difference is that (1) Irma might still be a tad stronger than Andrew at the time of landfall, and (2) instead of hitting it from east-to-west like Andrew, sparing most of the state, it's hitting south-to-north, which will have a devastating effect on the rest of the state. That is, if it stays on this path.

[The Lone Alliance]

And with a storm of this size even if it stays over inland it's large enough to continue picking up moisture from both the gulf and the Atlantic.

[San Lumen]

And with a storm of this size even if it stays over inland it's large enough to continue picking up moisture from both the gulf and the Atlantic.

No not really. Once it goes inland it starts to weaken. The only way that would happen is if it follow a path similar to Matthew a few years ago.

[Bluelight-R006]

I'm back with my good rest . Irma won't hit Florida but go east of it but yes, bad for Bermuda. Then Irma would go back inland in the Carolinas but would start to dissipate. Once it reaches North Carolina by September 12, it would dissipate.

[San Lumen]

I'm back with my good rest . Irma won't hit Florida but go east of it but yes, bad for Bermuda. Then Irma would go back inland in the Carolinas but would start to dissipate. Once it reaches North Carolina by September 12, it would dissipate.

Where did you get that nonsense?

[Bluelight-R006]

I'm back with my good rest . Irma won't hit Florida but go east of it but yes, bad for Bermuda. Then Irma would go back inland in the Carolinas but would start to dissipate. Once it reaches North Carolina by September 12, it would dissipate.

Where did you get that nonsense?

If all goes to plan on the website and the wind currents, it would be true. But it is offensive to me that you're saying it's nonsense no offence.

[Bluelight-R006]

Or it could dissipate in Georgia on September 11 and stay inland from Florida to Georgia. The Wikipedia page forecast says it's going to Tennessee but I don't believe it.

[San Lumen]

Where did you get that nonsense?

If all goes to plan on the website and the wind currents, it would be true. But it is offensive to me that you're saying it's nonsense no offence.

What website. There is no indication its going to miss South Florida unless the high pressure system steering it has weakened or moved eastward.

[Bluelight-R006]

This website: https://www.ventusky.com

Forget what I said, is there any chance it's actually going to Tennessee and Kentucky? I doubt it.

[Eol Sha]

This website: https://www.ventusky.com

Forget what I said, is there any chance it's actually going to Tennessee and Kentucky? I doubt it.

It's possible. Harvey dissipated over Kentucky.

Why don't you believe the forecast?

[Bluelight-R006]

This website: https://www.ventusky.com

Forget what I said, is there any chance it's actually going to Tennessee and Kentucky? I doubt it.

It's possible. Harvey dissipated over Kentucky.

Why don't you believe the forecast?

I actually do believe the forecast. I compare it with the website to see the possible routes. According to CNN, Irma is believed to downgrade to Category 4 before reaching Miami then would downgrade to Category 3 as it reaches the Atlantic Ocean for a short while before returning inland in Georgia and dissipating.

[Sovaal]

This website: https://www.ventusky.com

Forget what I said, is there any chance it's actually going to Tennessee and Kentucky? I doubt it.

It's possible. Harvey dissipated over Kentucky.

Why don't you believe the forecast?

Got quite the soak for a couple of days up here.

[Eol Sha]

It's possible. Harvey dissipated over Kentucky.

Why don't you believe the forecast?

I actually do believe the forecast. I compare it with the website to see the possible routes. According to CNN, Irma is believed to downgrade to Category 4 before reaching Miami then would downgrade to Category 3 as it reaches the Atlantic Ocean for a short while before returning inland in Georgia and dissipating.

....ok

Compare with what website? Most of the forecasts are coming out of NOAA and the National Weather Service. Not the news media.

[Bluelight-R006]

I actually do believe the forecast. I compare it with the website to see the possible routes. According to CNN, Irma is believed to downgrade to Category 4 before reaching Miami then would downgrade to Category 3 as it reaches the Atlantic Ocean for a short while before returning inland in Georgia and dissipating.

....ok

Compare with what website? Most of the forecasts are coming out of NOAA and the National Weather Service. Not the news media.

That's why.

[Bluelight-R006]

Forget everything. Whatever that happens, people are going to get injured and some will die. It's bad news for Miami because the hurricane would rise sea levels where it's already rising.

[Lockdownn]

If you want a legitimate source for Hurricane forecasting, use NOAA's website instead.

[Eol Sha]

....ok

Compare with what website? Most of the forecasts are coming out of NOAA and the National Weather Service. Not the news media.

That's why.

What's wrong with NOAA?

[The of Japan]

That's why.

What's wrong with NOAA?

something that has nothing to do with hurricane irma