Decent updates from here.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12751695

The following list of names will be used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2024. This is the same list used in the 2018 season, with the exceptions of Francine and Milton, which replaced Florence and Michael, respectively.

• Alberto
• Beryl
• Chris
• Debby
• Ernesto
• Francine
• Gordon
• Helene
• Isaac
• Joyce
• Kirk
• Leslie
• Milton
• Nadine
• Oscar
• Patty
• Rafael
• Sara
• Tony
• Valerie
• William

Only slight sarcasm.

I assume it'll die off once/if the weather cools down a bit in the worst case.

Please note that these posts do NOT necessarily reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.

Please note that these posts do NOT necessarily reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.

Please note that these posts do NOT necessarily reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.

Please note that these posts do NOT necessarily reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.

Please note that these posts do NOT necessarily reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.

https://hurricanes.gov for up to date info

The eye of Hurricane Idalia came ashore near Keaton Beach, FL at 7:45 AM EDT (1145 UTC) [1]. Idalia landed as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph (205 km/h), hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 175 miles (280 km). [1, 2].

Idalia reached Category 4 intensity early this morning before weakening to a Cat 3 just before landfall. [3]

• 1: Public Advisory update 745 AM EDT
• 2: Hurricane Idalia Intermediate Advisory Number 15A
• 3: Hurricane Idalia Discussion Number 16

Resources

• National Hurricane Center
• Florida Power Outages
• Georgia Power Outages
• Florida Division of Emergency Management
• Georgia Emergency Management

Live Coverage

• CNN
• New York Times
• NPR
• NBC News
• The Weather Channel
• Associated Press

News Coverage

• NPR: Hurricane Idalia eye comes ashore near Keaton Beach, Fla.
• CNN: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida as a dangerous Category 3 storm, and, ‘It’s going to get a lot worse’
• CBS: Videos, photos show Hurricane Idalia damage as catastrophic storm inundates Florida: "Our entire downtown is submerged"
• SunSentinel: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall near Keaton Beach, bringing ‘catastrophic surge’ to Florida coast
• CBS: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida. Here's what meteorologists say is next.
• Miami Herald: Idalia heads to Georgia, leaving floodwater and power outages in its Florida wake
• Reuters: Hurricane Idalia slams ashore at Florida's Big Bend
• AP: Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Florida and Georgia, swamping wide stretch of coast
• Orlando Sentinel: Deadly Hurricane Idalia makes Florida landfall as ‘catastrophic’ major hurricane

Please note that these posts do NOT necessarily reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.

Please note that these posts do NOT necessarily reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC), and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.

Idalia is currently a strong tropical storm with wind speeds of 65 mph (55 kt). The storm is predicted to under go rapid intensification over the next 24 to 48 hours as it enters the very warm gulf waters. Peak sustained winds is predicted to be 115 mph (100 kt). This will be a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

The current predicted track has the storm slowly moving North with it picking up speed then shifting a bit Eastward. GEFS and ECMWF models show fairly strong agreement. The track has narrowed and shifted slightly to the East with landfall on Wednesday somewhere between Apalachee Bay and Tampa Bay.

In addition to the winds, storm surge and localized flash flooding is expected.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT  28/0900Z 20.1N  85.2W   55 KT  65 MPH
 12H  28/1800Z 21.1N  85.1W   65 KT  75 MPH
 24H  29/0600Z 22.6N  85.1W   70 KT  80 MPH
 36H  29/1800Z 24.8N  84.8W   85 KT 100 MPH
 48H  30/0600Z 27.7N  84.0W  100 KT 115 MPH
 60H  30/1800Z 30.7N  82.1W   65 KT  75 MPH...INLAND
 72H  31/0600Z 32.8N  79.0W   55 KT  65 MPH...OVER WATER
 96H  01/0600Z 34.5N  72.0W   50 KT  60 MPH
120H  02/0600Z 34.5N  67.0W   50 KT  60 MPH

The National Hurricane Center has the latest track along with wind speeds and other graphics.

Note: Right now Lemmy is being weird and isn't letting me upload images.