Tropical Hurricane Idalia

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[BullCityWx]

I feel pretty safe in saying that if you dont see rain from pop up storms this evening and you're north of 85 in the triangle, you may not see more than a couple tenths at best.

 

[lexxnchloe]

Depending on how much it gets hollowed out we might get a good storm here.

 

[Chazwin]

Valdosta, GA now has winds gusting to 68mph… it appears they are going to get hit hard by that NW eyewall that smashed Perry

 

[Nerman]

Valdosta, GA now has winds gusting to 68mph… it appears they are going to get hit hard by that NW eyewall that smashed Perry

Valdosta Live Cam

 

[Chazwin]

Valdosta Live Cam

You know it’s interesting that with both Michael and now with Idalia, that the nw and west part of the eyewall has the strongest winds to the surface. I wonder if there is something about the geography of that stretch of the coast that contributes to this.

 

[blueheronNC]

Nailed Idalia’s eye earlier.

Min pressure graph per Kestrel 5500 (altitude adjusted) was 28.19 (954.6 mb)View attachment 136676[/ATTACH]

 

[blueheronNC]

In the eye, 20 feet from Josh Morgerman

 

[Jimmy Hypocracy]

Always such a sharp cutoff with precip. Bone dry up here in Greenville

 

[Snowfan]

 

[Snowfan]

2 deaths confirmed from Hurricane Idalia.

 

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[Stevo24]

Always such a sharp cutoff with precip. Bone dry up here in Greenville

Atleast you usually win on the snow cut off line. I lose out on both.

 

[Shaggy]

I know there are far more dangerous impacts ongoing woth idalia today and tomorrow but long term of she sits out there for 8 days spinning around the surf, beach erosion and overwash on the OBX will be significant

 

[Snowfan]

Curfew in Madison County, Florida from 8 PM-8 AM tonight.

 

[John Jaye]

You know it’s interesting that with both Michael and now with Idalia, that the nw and west part of the eyewall has the strongest winds to the surface. I wonder if there is something about the geography of that stretch of the coast that contributes to this.

There isn't much water on the eastern side of the eye and the long peninsula impends the energy if they are close to the western coast of Florida, so not a lot of energy can be picked up on that side. And, the fetch from the Atlantic comes around to the NW side of the storm, making it the "bad" side. That is my theory.

 

[Nerman]

Yes, I agree, they spin moisture off to the northwest but there is a limit to how far it goes. I'm saying a track through Macon might be far enough north to get the NW rain shield to Atlanta, but a track through Valdosta will definitely not. I've lived here for 45 years. I've seen this scenario over two dozen times. It never fails. This is a south Georgia, northern Florida storm. AL and the rest of GA can ignore it.

The eye went to the south side of Valdosta and the NW rain shield is in Atlanta. Guess there's a 1st for everything. If the eye had gone through Macon we'd probably be seeing rain all the way to Chattanooga.

 

[Metwannabe]

Little bit of a shift NW with QPF for NC folks