Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

Nerman · 2024-09-26T22:09:28-0400

These guys streaming from Cedar Key. Whiteout conditions

Shaggy · 2024-09-26T22:10:32-0400

Rain Cold said:
The radar makes it a little more difficult. The IR imagery seems to be more helpful.

They just did a center drop

vsublazer · 2024-09-26T22:12:22-0400

Made it back to Atlanta. The Delta pilots did great navigating our way back from St. Thomas. You could really feel the wind the closer we got to Atlanta. I’m sure this is protocol but a FEMA official from St. Thomas was on our flight to help assist in FEMA operations in the Southeast. I just thought that was neat. Be safe to those chasing and everyone board wide.

Chazwin · 2024-09-26T22:13:02-0400

Henry2326 said:
It's a shame they didn't stay with that thought instead of their fantasy path west. It's actually going to end up further east if you are looking at the line drawn down the middle.

I think the bigger issue that making adjustments to the track was the fact that starting yesterday they began shrinking the size of the cone. This tells me they were completely dismissing the globals despite the fact that globals do a better job with upper air features and steering flow

Makeitsnow · 2024-09-26T22:14:10-0400

01z hrrr and 0z nam still showing the eye over athens

Stormsfury · 2024-09-26T22:14:36-0400

Shaggy said:
They just did a center drop View attachment 152090

Yeah, that's still very much NNE...

NCSNOW · 2024-09-26T22:16:31-0400

Touchdown.

NCSNOW · 2024-09-26T22:17:20-0400

Twc camera, reporter will be on the west side

Shaggy · 2024-09-26T22:19:41-0400

Stormsfury said:
Yeah, that's still very much NNE...

Bad thing is center fixes will be a little less frequent once it gets over land. At this forward speed a 3 hour delay on that turn makes a big difference

Snow_chaser · 2024-09-26T22:20:51-0400

Watching reed timmer group on YouTube. They in Perry

EastmanGAWX · 2024-09-26T22:23:38-0400

The Macon media is reporting potentially unconfirmed casualties the tornado warned cell that passed earlier over Wheeler County, GA. From the local chatter that I'm seeing on Facebook, apparently it's true.

Edit: It is now confirmed that two people did die in Wheeler County, GA related to a tornado warned cell that passed over the area.

Drizzle Snizzle · 2024-09-26T22:23:54-0400

Winds are picking up here a little.

NCSNOW · 2024-09-26T22:25:13-0400

Eastern eyewall couldnt have hit a more sparsouly populated area.
"The Forgotten Coast"

And thats a tough house on horseshoe beach cam shot on TWC

EastmanGAWX · 2024-09-26T22:25:38-0400

Two people have officially been confirmed dead from the tornado warned cell that passed near Glenwood in Wheeler County, GA.

Triplephase93 · 2024-09-26T22:26:31-0400

Haven’t seen a gust on land over 100 yet that I see. Have a hard time seeing the winds inland verifying

Drizzle Snizzle · 2024-09-26T22:27:21-0400

Triplephase93 said:
Haven’t seen a gust on land over 100 yet that I see. Have a hard time seeing the winds inland verifying

They usually don't verify. Wind maps are almost always overdone.

NCSNOW · 2024-09-26T22:28:34-0400

Triplephase93 said:
Haven’t seen a gust on land over 100 yet that I see. Have a hard time seeing the winds inland verifying

To be fair, where it has most likely happened, there is literally no one there to report.

Shawn · 2024-09-26T22:29:07-0400

She really did strengthen all the way until landfall. If she just had 2-3 more hours over water, Cat 5 was imminent.

J.C. · 2024-09-26T22:30:09-0400

Drizzle Snizzle said:
They usually don't verify. Wind maps are almost always overdone.

You’re best verification are the offshore buoys.

Brent · 2024-09-26T22:33:54-0400

Drizzle Snizzle said:
They usually don't verify. Wind maps are almost always overdone.

Well a lot of times the power goes out at 50 mph too...

Though yeah the wind maps will be overdone just like the snow maps are

Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

Elevation: 1135’