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Tropical Major Hurricane Irma (Part 1)

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It is going to be one heckuva hit for both coasts of Florida, but it seems the worst of it will be on the west coast now ... and if this were to just stay offshore for a bit longer in the Gulf, I don't want to think about the impact from Tampa north.

There was a bit of criticism on Twitter from a few folks who were wondering why folks in Atlanta were stocking up on water and batteries. But the right front quadrant, as currently modeled, is going to pass through the metro area, and with a full canopy of tree foliage, 3-6 inches of rain, sustained winds at tropical storm strength and gusts up to 60 mph, this could be messy here ...

And we keep Florida folks in our thoughts at this moment.

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MBell said:
Did the west coast of Florida even prepare for this? All the focus seemed to be on the east side and now it looks like they will miss the brunt of it?
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well I have a friend down in Tampa who works in EMA and hes been worried all week and they were definitely preparing for a western track
 
ForsythSnow said:
I say we may go another 20 miles west, but I think otherwise we have stopped. It's going to be a Florida hit.
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Fla hit; no doubt; but hey, what's 20 miles amongst friends?
Actually, it could go more west, and for the central part of the state to the west coast, that would be very bad - right quadrant impacting more real estate and people up the spine ...
 
Heck with the recent model runs it's who do you evacuate in Florida and where are they going? Sadly, and we were saying that was possible.
 
WeatherWatch said:
Why are the locals saying 20-30 mph winds for Atlanta? Atlanta is going to see higher winds than that, expecially east of Atlanta.

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They hug the GFS verbatim for 10m winds. It think they forgot the gusts exist too. Ryan Maue is about the only one in Atlanta who (though not on the news) expects bad winds.
 
ForsythSnow said:
I say we may go another 20 miles west, but I think otherwise we have stopped. It's going to be a Florida hit.
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The only thing I think that changes is the inland track . I bet it turns wnw further south of Atlanta .

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WeatherWatch said:
Why are the locals saying 20-30 mph winds for Atlanta? Atlanta is going to see higher winds than that, expecially east of Atlanta.

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Agreed. With every slight jog west, the parameters have climbed for Atlanta/North Georgia. In the span of 36 hours, my neck of the woods north of downtown has went from north winds at 20 to southeast winds at 40 with gusts to 60, right-front quadrant placement and rains 3-4 inches+. With the latest move, it appears most if not all of Metro Atlanta -- and the 6 1/2 million people who live there -- are going to experience some really bad weather.

And I don't even want to think about the folks near the big bend of Florida, who now may be so close to the eyewall passing just to their east that their conditions go from a good shot to a serious situation.

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WeatherWatch said:
Why are the locals saying 20-30 mph winds for Atlanta? Atlanta is going to see higher winds than that, expecially east of Atlanta.

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Why would the winds be higher east of Atlanta when it's forecast to track 50-60 miles west of Atlanta ? Looks like the track takes it over LaGrange and then NW into East AL.
 
Rocket fuel. Look at the spike.
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