2023 Atlantic Tropics season

GreyBeard wrote:@jtswife, are you in an evacuation zone, or are you riding it out? Looks like you have a canal right in your backyard based on your picture. Stay safe and don't put yourself in harms way. I remember your posts from last year and always wondered how you made out.

Yes I do have a live on a canal about 200 ft wide. Last year we had a palm tree fall on our lanai cage and destroyed it, we lost some roof, windows sucked out. It was awful scary, The wind blew rain water up under our sliding glass doors so got water in the house, had to be dehumidified. Our dock was underwater for a week. So until this thing is past us I am still nervous. Ian turned after getting into the gulf and hoping this one will be true to the models.

Current radar lloop has the eye wall moving in a NNW motion. Go west!

and it begins

jtswife wrote:and it begins

Good luck! I have a few friends in Port Charlotte, and we were down there looking to buy a condo for the winters. Hope you all are safe!

here she comes

Dunnzoo wrote:

jtswife wrote:and it begins

Good luck! I have a few friends in Port Charlotte, and we were down there looking to buy a condo for the winters. Hope you all are safe!

Thanks raining crazy here right now wind is mild

Winds up to just about 100mph. Recon in there now.

We are getting intense rain bands right now, then will dry slot for awhile.

Looking at the spaghetti models she looks like its going to loop back to the west after she exits the Carolinas.

Idalia 2.0???

so far a none event here in port charlotte florida. Hopefully it stays that way

jtswife wrote:so far a none event here in port charlotte florida. Hopefully it stays that way

Looks like she will stay west and well north of you. probably get some TS impacts.

sroc4 wrote:Winds up to just about 100mph.  Recon in there now.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/recon/recon_NOAA3-1210A-IDALIA_timeseries.png

What major category is she progged to be minimal cat 3?

jmanley32 wrote:

jtswife wrote:so far a none event here in port charlotte florida. Hopefully it stays that way

Looks like she will stay west and well north of you. probably get some TS impacts.

very happy about that

Its close to a CAT 3 will it reach CAT 4? Rare Pin Hole eye has formed....It will intensify rapidly.

the weather channel sucks, only concerned about georgia or jacksonviille right now while we on the west coast of florida are dealing with this crap

Wow just turned on news saw was a Cat 4 strong cat 3 125mph winds, Desantis lost power briefly at press meeting, landfall within the hour (7:07am now). Stay safe, isn't one our members in the croisshairs in Tallahassee? I am just waking and his username escapes me a veteran not on often.

Looks to me like an eye wall replacement weakened her slightly upon final approach

Land Fall near Dekle Beach, not very populated and a lot of wet land

Joe Snow wrote:

Land Fall near Dekle Beach, not very populated and a lot of wet land

Still the storm surge far from the center is bad, Tampa Bay just broke their record, those places up there near landfall are going to see surge similar to Ian.

Radz wrote:Looks to me like an eye wall replacement weakened her slightly upon final approach

Often times a fast moving hurricane does not strengthen as fast or as easily as slow moving, 18mph down there is rather unusual. Good news is it'll be in and out of any one area in 4-6 hours.

The eye passed over this tiny town.

weatherwatchermom wrote:

jtswife wrote:the weather channel sucks, only concerned about georgia or jacksonviille right now while we on the west coast of florida are dealing with this crap

I am so sorry to hear that..please stay safe. Are they calling for surges by you are you still home or did you evaluate?

We were under tropical storm warning so no evacuation, We rode out Ian at home last year, But lots of wind and rain still going on but all is good

Joe Snow wrote:

The eye passed over this tiny town.

Man, that won't look good, hopefully all left.