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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

This is from Glenn Burns:
Just out of a conference with our NWS office. Here is what I learned.
1. Storm is expected to be a low end Cat 3
at landfall
2. Do not concentrate on center. The
wind field is HUGE, at the upper end of
the scale
3. This will still be an unprecedented
event with rain and wind gusts of
50-70 mph.
during the overnight hours
4. Rainfall will increase in intensity
overnight with 4-6 additional inches
and up to 8 inches for NE mountains
5. Winds will increase in north Georgia
with tropical storm force SUSTAINED
winds moving north into Macon around
midnight and 3 am in the metro, then
6 am in far north Georgia.
6. Severe threat for brief spin up
tornadoes are more likely in southeast
Georgia.
7. The EXACT track is still in flux and
will be until we see exactly where land
fall occurs.
8. High probability of trees and
powerlines going down. Power
outages will be very likely.
9. As the storm moves in our winds will
be from the east and southeast. As.
It passes winds will change direction
and will be from the west and
northwest. When this happens,
winds will be the strongest. Trees
blowing one way will then be blown
another way…many will go down.
10. Our NWS projected path is east of
the NHC official forecast. We will get
an update at 4 pm.
Hope this answers some of your questions
 
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