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Hurricane Category 4 Hurricane Helene
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600k now without power. More being added on the west coast and in the landfall zone.
Yikes, that's a lot of miles per hour. There'll also be very heavy rain, and when winds are whipping, even raindrops pelt relentlessly, not to mention actual debris.
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I'm not going to update every time I see a wind increase, and I honestly have no clue how accurate velocity scans are in a hurricane, but the latest scan I just saw 170+ mph. If that is true, I think that 100% translates to cat 5 surface winds.
the dry air lingering last night may have prevented an ewrc before landfall
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Scary roar in Perry, FL.
warneagle
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welp might be a rough night for my parents
The fact that the Macon area will be contending with bonafide hurricane winds is mind-boggling to me.
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MikeP
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At this point, I'm not so sure any additional strengthening is going to make much of a difference. It's already bad enough as an upper level level Cat 4. Both Cat 4 and 5 are categorized as 'catastrophic' on the scale. This completely sucks for anyone in her path - coastal and upstream/inland.