Folks - this is not good at all. I really get the feeling she's about to bomb out - at a horrible time. Not sure how much she can pull off before (and hopefully not after) landfall, but it does all seem to be coming together now.
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Hurricane Category 4 Hurricane Helene
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TornadoFan
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Latest recon pass has pressure down to 958.
Cat 3 levels, and will drop like a rock now that towers are wrapped and that eye is clearing. Hope the floor isn't too far down.
Kind of amazing to me that we are talking about "right before landfall" and it hasn't even passed Tampa's latitude. Huge storm, moving fast.
warneagle
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the worst sign I've seen so far: Tallahassee Waffle Houses are closing
DUUUVAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL
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My own opinion is there are (Two Eye’s) competing for ownership. Watching the infrared and it almost seems like multiple vortices rotating in competition.
TornadoFan
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WInds up to 110 MPH and pressure down to 959.
110 mph, 959 mb pressure:
SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.4N 85.0W
ABOUT 195 MI...315 KM SW OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 230 MI...365 KM S OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...959 MB...28.32 INCHES
SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...26.4N 85.0W
ABOUT 195 MI...315 KM SW OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 230 MI...365 KM S OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...959 MB...28.32 INCHES
DUUUVAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL
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The whole eye appearance is about to jump east or shift east momentarily.
TornadoFan
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jaymackd3
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TornadoFan
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Oh.
130-157 flight level. 117-140mph surface with reduction.
jaymackd3
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man that was quick
If that barb is verified. Anyone have the actual reading?
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They just issued a special advisory, upgraded to 120 mph Cat 3