Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

[Snowflowxxl]

Atlanta area schools let out for some mist today.

 

[DustinWx]

 

[DustinWx]

Michael and Helene around the same areas. Look similar to me

 

[Henry2326]

Down to 960


Hurricane HELENE
As of 12:00 UTC Sep 26, 2024:

Location: 24.7°N 85.9°W
Maximum Winds: 85 kt Gusts: N/A
Minimum Central Pressure: 960 mb
Environmental Pressure: N/A
Radius of Circulation: N/A
Radius of Maximum wind: 40 nm

 

[Belle Lechat]

The city lights by night shows the population centers and the size of the Atlanta metro.

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Pretty decent tornado threat tomorrow but even today for much of SC/NC. Good day today for low topped supercells and strong 0-3km SRH already in place for a few sneaky tornadoes today. Especially as Helene gets closer

 

[TerryInTucker]

Atlanta area schools let out for some mist today.

They are digital learning, but yeah.

 

[Henry2326]

The city lights by night shows the population centers and the size of the Atlanta metro.

7 million people without power....

 

[DustinWx]

Can we talk about school closures somewhere else? I know it’s part of the storm, but it’s just clutter. Personal pet peeve

 

[ontherocks]

I'm not writing any possibility off until tonight for anywhere in GA. This is the most critical time to see what Helene does. A 2 now can mean anything from a 2 to a 4 at landfall tonight especially if deep RI is starting soon. I hope it's not bad but I don't think we should jump to conclusions just yet.

Exactly. And generally GA is so “in it” it’s not going to just get “out of it”. Your power is out at a 50 or 90mph wind gust….thats being said, tracking the details of best to worst case scenario for each MBY is interesting from a weather standpoint.

 

[jeremyt]

Can we talk about school closures somewhere else? I know it’s part of the storm, but it’s just clutter. Personal pet peeve

Not to be argumentative but SD asked if everyone wanted separate threads and no was voted.

 

[Belle Lechat]

1012 AM EDT THU SEP 26 2024

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.

* AT 1012 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TITUSVILLE, MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

 

[DustinWx]

I know.

Not to be argumentative but SD asked if everyone wanted separate threads and no was voted.

just feels like a difference in imby posts and talking about the Atlanta school system.

Carry on

 

[BullCityWx]

3kNAM has top end gusts of 100MPH in NC. Again cut those by 25% and you still have hurricane force gusts. Better hope it’s way way off.

 

[lj0109]

 

[weatherfide]

Exactly. And generally GA is so “in it” it’s not going to just get “out of it”. Your power is out at a 50 or 90mph wind gust….thats being said, tracking the details of best to worst case scenario for each MBY is interesting from a weather standpoint.

Latest HRRR has southwest side of Atlanta with max gusts around 40 mph. That's not going to result in widespread power outages in my area. Almost zero sustained winds, until Helene passes by to the east and then, strangely, I get west northwest winds at around 20 mph and that's when the gusts show up. It will be around day break when that happens. So far, short range model guidance at around 12 hours is locked on an eastern path through GA. It's going to be really bad for Milledgeville, Athens, Augusta, Statesboro, Macon, etc.

 

[BullCityWx]

 

[Snowflowxxl]

7 million people without power....

Only a million lost power with Zeta and that was a direct hit for ATL. This will miss us East by a good bit. I don’t expect bad power outages

 

[Belle Lechat]

1015 AM EDT THU SEP 26 2024

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
WESTERN GLYNN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT.

* AT 1015 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BRUNSWICK, MOVING NORTH AT 40
MPH.

 

[Oconeexman]

Numerous outages already in the upstate and NC