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Major Hurricane Helene


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20 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

From the NWS Greeville-Spartanburg Facebook Page:

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Already, as of 4:07 pm EDT, Asheville has picked up 4.44" of rain today. That breaks the daily mark of 1.71" from 1956 and the all-time September daily record of 4.40" from September 29, 1964. The 2-day total of 8.53" breaks both the 2- and 3-day rainfall records.

 

Helene has the makings of being to the Smokies what Irene was to the Green and White Mountains.

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500 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

...HELENE IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LARGE MAJOR HURRICANE...
...DAMAGING HURRICANE WINDS AND CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE 
EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS EVENING...


SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.9N 84.6W
ABOUT 130 MI...205 KM W OF TAMPA FLORIDA
ABOUT 175 MI...280 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 23 MPH...37 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB...28.09 INCHES
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Just to level set, the 2am advisory had Helene at 85mph and 971mb. Now, Helene is at 125mph and 951mb, with the deepening rate increasing. 

Despite all the conversation today, we have objectively met the definition of rapid intensification and done so in 14 hours. 

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How far it goes, who knows, but Helene will be added to our list of rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones on final approach. 

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I been rather quiet with this storm, but it was humorous to see all the trolls posting how Helene was struggling. Or the post in particular saying the ceiling was Cat 2 and it would be a 100-105mph cane.

With that said, 150mph-155mph appears to be the ceiling now. Helene has the potential to achieve its actual peak on landfall.

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8 minutes ago, BTRWx's Thanks Giving said:

I want data and not just a picture.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 310 miles
(500 km).  A weather station at Venice Municipal Airport recently 
reported a sustained wind of 46 mph (74 km/h) with a gust of 69 mph 
(111 km/h).  Another observation near Venice Beach reported a 
sustained wind of 51 mph (82 km/h) with a gust to 66 mph (106 
km/h). 

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/262042.shtml

Add the NOAA graphic:

yellow = TS Force

Red = Hurricane Force

 

 

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