Eskimo Joe Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Looks like Helen is down to 946 mb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Just now, Eskimo Joe said: Looks like Helen is down to 946 mb? This may come in comparable to Hugo in both intensity, size and speed of movement. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 6:00 pm update from NHC maintains the 120 mph winds and pressure of 950 mb. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Radar presentation rapidly improving now from KTBW and KTLH. Tightening eye that’s compacting and wrapping the brighter echoes around the NW quad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Jon Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said: Looks like Helen is down to 946 mb? ...and in like, what? An hour and a half or so? Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotair Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 17 minutes ago, wthrmn654 said: 31? Which buoy is that by chance the one that's less then 31 miles away is showing 20 feet now I thought it was 42036 but that one is coming up now. I haven’t been able to cross reference the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccuChris Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Pressure down but they lowered winds at 6PM update? Interesting000WTNT64 KNHC 262200TCUAT4Hurricane Helene Tropical Cyclone UpdateNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092024600 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024...HELENE CONTINUES HEADING FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND......TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SPREADING NORTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA...A slightly elevated Weatherflow station at the Skyway Fishing Pier near the entrance to Tampa Bay recently measured a sustained wind of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a gust to 69 mph (111 km/h).SUMMARY OF 600 PM EDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION----------------------------------------------LOCATION...28.0N 84.5WABOUT 115 MI...185 KM W OF TAMPA FLORIDAABOUT 210 MI...335 KM SW OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDAMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/HPRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/HMINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB...28.05 INCHES$$Forecaster Bucci. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Just now, Eskimo Joe said: 6:00 pm update from NHC maintains the 120 mph winds and pressure of 950 mb. 7pm update or a special might have this at 130-135 depending on our next sonde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Reilly Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 GOES-East - Sector view: Gulf of Mexico - Sandwich - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR This strengthening rapidly wow!!! Also definitely moving NE too this will be a Cat 4 storm at landfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSG Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 58 minutes ago, cptcatz said: Those winds die down REAL quick on the west side... 27 minutes ago, MUWX said: If it is, it barely is. The west side is very weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wthrmn654 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Just now, Hotair said: I thought it was 42036 but that one is coming up now. I haven’t been able to cross reference the image. No worries per buoy site there's no buoys in gulf measuring that high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 130-136kt FL winds on the east side. My goodness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mob1 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 137 knots in the eastern eyewall (FL) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 940! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 Center sonde of 948mb with 8kt wind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wthrmn654 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Wow satellite pressure estimates were 930 or 940 something and I thought they were crazy.. but recon finding 946... matches the recon findings fairly well. Current Analysis ----- Date : 26 SEP 2024 Time : 211020 UTC Lat : 27:33:35 N Lon : 84:25:48 W CI# /Pressure/ Vmax 6.2 / 931.5mb/119.8kt Final T# Adj T# Raw T# 6.2 6.1 6.1 Estimated radius of max. wind based on IR :N/A km Center Temp : -21.9C Cloud Region Temp : -69.7C Scene Type : EYE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydbuster Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Wow this thing looks like a solid Cat 4 hurricane. Amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Reilly Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 This is one of those times where the intensity rapidly blows up the information cannot be given quick enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Yikes....It probably won't get that intense, but Michael was a viable analog with intense diffluence aloft allowing for rapid RI right to coast. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radtechwxman Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Wonder if they're going to bump winds up because of their readings in eastern eyewall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Satellite is going pretty nuclear and the core is compacting really tightly on the local radars now. She’s coming in hot now folks. Look out @WxWatcher007 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat5hurricane Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 5 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said: This may come in comparable to Hugo in both intensity, size and speed of movement. Hugo was what came to mind for me too. Let's hope that Atlanta doesn't get hit as hard as Charlotte did. I had family there and it took a long time to recover, there were some 90+ mph gusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 This is one of those times where the intensity rapidly blows up the information cannot be given quick enough. What I don’t understand is that we have seen this the last few years in the “new climate” but people don’t understand (or believe) it can happen. We have warmer waters that will equal bigger storms. Easy.. 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospero Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Storm surge is way past Idalia and still several hours before high tide and we are not even getting "the push" yet. It will be pushing ten feet in Gulfport, I will bet. I have never seen a storm surge in Tampa Bay like this since I moved here in 2003. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Strong dualing VHTs are driving down central pressure. In turn, the gradient is sharpening/tightening. Recon showing a rapidly intensifying major hurricane now. It's going to be a long night. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 1 minute ago, kat5hurricane said: Hugo was what came to mind for me too. Let's hope that Atlanta doesn't get hit as hard as Charlotte did. I had family there and it took a long time to recover, there were some 90+ mph gusts. Hugo got a nice boost from the gulf stream on its way in, so it's similar with respect to the fact it was intensifying as well....it was a cat 2 after interaction with PR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDweatherman Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Been saying it all day but the Valdosta corridor to Albany, GA and up I 75 to Macon could be in for a wild ride with this forward speed and how intense Helene is going to be at LF. Could be their benchmark event relatively far inland. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 2 minutes ago, Superstorm said: What I don’t understand is that we have seen this the last few years in the “new climate” but people don’t understand (or believe) it can happen. We have warmer waters that will equal bigger storms. Easy. . Not always that simple, especially along the N Gulf coast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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