Malcolm Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, samdman95 said: No. Absolutely not. What happens when two cyclones interact is known as the Fujiwhara effect. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwhara_effect Thanks for the non sarcastic answer. That's helpful. I'm not a weather guy but I stumbled upon this site during Harvey and found a lot of helpful information. Same with Irma. I don't understand much of the jargon and abbreviations and I'm not going to bog down the board asking what everything means. Sorry if that was a dumb (and seemingly obviously so) question. But it made me curious and this seemed like the best place to get a quick and correct answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy4Wx Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 So a category 5, running from the leewards all the way to Florida is going to build up quite a surge & wave heights if it even comes close to maintaining it's strength. Do we have a good handle of how that plays out in Miami in terms of surge + waves? Is it like a 30-40ft Tsunami if it comes in on a worst case trajectory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfreebird Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 29 minutes ago, ncskywarn said: Interesting by looking at the 200 image loop here http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/exper/?parms=meso1-13-200-0-100 if you look at the last 30 min of imagery there is a definite hint of a more NW movement be interesting to see if this is a wobble or the beginning of a turn to the NW. thought the same thing when I put this line as a reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jims Videos Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Richard Branson hasn't tweeted in almost 8 hours-his last tweet came about 3-4 hours before his tiny island went into the eye. He also tweeted a photo with what looks like a bunch of teens/twenty-somethings he was staying with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McQuackleton Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 NWS Taunton Skywarn @WX1BOX 1h1 hour ago Photo of the dutch sxm airport st martin relayed by pj2br-brett ruiz..original photo credit unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DopplerWx Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 911.3mb extrap. wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drz1111 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 1 minute ago, wxeyeNH said: Northeast PR has some 3500 mountains. I kind of thought that by now that perhaps they would be disrupting the flow abit. I guess not.... I think as long as the eyewall is clear of the island it wont have that much of an effect, though we might see some temporary weakening of the eyewall once the storm passes if it sucks in some air off the downslope. I wonder if the land interaction is actually helping to disrupt the usual pace of ERCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Bobby Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 PR is surely thankful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Folks..there is no need for two dozen people to answer the same question.. if you see someone else has already answered a basic question please refrain from responding. One or two people answering is more than enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 https://twitter.com/ldobsonhughes/status/905529420890460163 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 PR seriously dodged the bullet - wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 As far as surge goes in Florida, I am worried that even it does weaken, that this will be like Katrina and produce a cat 5 level surge even if it landfalls at sat a cat 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 So very heartbreaking to hear about the devastation this hurricane has caused so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 1 minute ago, AlaskaETC said: https://twitter.com/ldobsonhughes/status/905529420890460163 Holy ****, A THOUSAND people? I knew it would be bad, but not that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Dear god I hope it's exaggerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 sad news coming out of those tiny islands.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speed6 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Yeah, here's hoping that's confusion or poor transmission quality... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Irma (portuguese for "sister" if y'all didn't know) will soon be entering a large area of 30C+ (86F+) degree water. Look out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McQuackleton Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Sad to see an entire country almost wiped off the map. My heart breaks for those people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 most follow up information states 1 fatality from barbuda but will need confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlaskaETC Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 ABS Radio updated their Facebook post to say that only fatality reported so far, so the hopefully the radio feed was a misunderstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Tot Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 The 2011 population in Barbuda was only 1,638. If it really did kill 1,000+, that's a sizable chunk of the whole civilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 60+% of the entire population seems like a ton - man I hope that is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Yeah I think 1,000 deaths is very inaccurate. That is an irresponsible tweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfreebird Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 How much is high tide in Miami going to play into storm surge base off of current timing... this is the tide schedule for miami for sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullioz Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 1 minute ago, pazzo83 said: 60+% of the entire population seems like a ton - man I hope that is wrong. ABS TV is reporting just one confirmed fatality so far on their Facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazwoper Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said: Holy ****, A THOUSAND people? I knew it would be bad, but not that bad There are 1,638 people on the entire island. Not likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Some video from St.Thomas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just now, Jfreebird said: How much is high tide in Miami going to play into storm surge base off of current timing... this is the tide schedule for miami for sunday Plus there is a full moon today so tides are at an astronomical high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureDrop2017 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 The ABS- TV (Antigua and Barbuda) are reporting ONE fatality on Barbuda. Not one thousand people dead. However they are also reporting "90 percent of the housing stock on Barbuda is decimated" .. implying that the large majority of the ~1600 people who were on Barbuda have been left homeless or severely damaged homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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