Thanksgivingbrown
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202mph winds found. Wow!
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Hurricane Hurricane Milton
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Breaking: Milton a category 5 with 160mph with pressure of 925mb
warneagle
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Official upgrade to category 5 is coming.
Vorticity
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Hurricane Milton Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
1055 AM CDT Mon Oct 07 2024
...MILTON RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...
Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate
that Milton has strengthened to a category 5 hurricane. The
maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 160 mph (250 km/h) with
higher gusts. Data from the aircraft also indicate that the
minimum pressure has fallen to 925 mb (27.31 inches).
SUMMARY OF 1055 AM CDT...1555 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...21.7N 91.6W
ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM W OF PROGRESO MEXICO
ABOUT 735 MI...1175 KM SW OF TAMPA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH...250 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ESE OR 110 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...925 MB...27.31 INCHES
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142024
1055 AM CDT Mon Oct 07 2024
...MILTON RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...
Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate
that Milton has strengthened to a category 5 hurricane. The
maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 160 mph (250 km/h) with
higher gusts. Data from the aircraft also indicate that the
minimum pressure has fallen to 925 mb (27.31 inches).
SUMMARY OF 1055 AM CDT...1555 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...21.7N 91.6W
ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM W OF PROGRESO MEXICO
ABOUT 735 MI...1175 KM SW OF TAMPA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...160 MPH...250 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...ESE OR 110 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...925 MB...27.31 INCHES
One hopes that holds true in this case, but there is a disturbingly long time for it to EWRC and just be bigger. That it has ramped up this quickly isn't good.
Also true. Would love to thread the needle and have a big ERC right as the shear ramps up, but that shield of luck we had with land falling storms for 10-12 years seems to be long gone now.
Doesn't look like it's slowing down either!
warneagle
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not much to stop it until it goes through an ERC
MortgageMan
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This study from 2010 on a potential cat 5 hitting Tampa Bay with 160 mph winds...wow...
wonder what this cost would be with inflations?
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/..., the Tampa Bay,nearly $250 billion in damage.
wonder what this cost would be with inflations?
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/..., the Tampa Bay,nearly $250 billion in damage.
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It won't make landfall in the Yacutan, but the peninsula sure will feel a good bit of it's wrath.
Smokedevil
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Really dire language needs used by radio, t.v. and the nws to ensure people leave.
This is UNSURVIVABLE.
This is UNSURVIVABLE.
warneagle
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160 is almost certainly an underestimate at this point. Yikes.