Major Hurricane Irma

TheMilkyPirate

VW 1 wrote: »

What does that translate to for us lay-people with an interest?

It's quickly strengthening again

Stheno

I am just watching sky reporting from the Florida keys.

Do they evacuate the reporters at a given time?

BorneTobyWilde

Deleted User wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ld45pUueQ

Live stream.. Plenty of happy go lucky people wandering by.

http://clkp.com/ < Just parked there in his F250 pickup, all sign written.

A crazy ass plumber .

Mrs cockett

where is Irma now? please

Water John

He must be chasing, guerilla advertising.

Irma seems to be about to turn North, Florida Keys in line. Just coming off Cuba.

Inquitus

Mrs cockett wrote: »

where is Irma now? please

Off the North Coast of Cuba turning North towards Florida.

https://twitter.com/capitalweather/status/906625929895694338

mojesius

another idiot in a tracksuit just arrived in that live video to take a selfie

Mrs cockett

Inquitus wrote: »

Off the North Coast of Cuba turning North towards Florida.

Thank you

q85dw7osi4lebg

Hard to believe the sea is already splashing above the high tide line in FL. Doesn't bode well given how far away she still is.

marno21

mojesius wrote: »

another idiot in a tracksuit just arrived in that live video to take a selfie

There's going to be a fairly funny compilitatiin of videos from this feed. Fella nearly got knocked off his bike there

Kermit.de.frog

All news outlets going 24/7 now.

The Weather Channel has good coverage and, as you would expect, a lot of knowledgable commentary. Live stream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyzJF59t2WE

Meteorite58

Sea level rising already.

Another hazard being discussed is the potential for tornadoes tomorrow night as if they don't already have enough to deal with.

https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/906629903273091072


https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu/status/906633670601187329

https://twitter.com/MikeTheiss/status/906617125342732290

EDIT: Tornado warning now in Key West.

MJohnston

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

FM101200 36090G120KT 1/4SM +RA BKN002 BKN008 OVC010

Wind forecast to be northerly, sustained 90 knots, gusting to 120 knots, from 1200GMT tomorrow.
Visibility 1/4 statute mile, Heavy Rain, Broken cloud at 200 ft, 800 ft. Overcast at 1000 ft.

I know this was a while back, but I just wanted to highlight how these are broken down a bit more clearly as Ads by Google seemed to want:
FM101200 = From 10th at 1200 hours
36090 = Wind from 360° True (ie. north) at 90 kts sustained
G120KT = Gusting to 120 kts
You can see how the rest of the TAF breaks down to what Gaoth said above in the remainder.

Meteorite58

In 5:00 pm advisory, NHC says #Irma is now 115 miles southeast of Key West, with sustained winds of 125 mph.





Starting to make it's turn North now.

PowerToWait

Looking at the street in the 'two friends' cam on that compilation page like watching a bath filling. Very frightening.

MJohnston

Meteorite58 wrote: »

In 5:00 pm advisory, NHC says #Irma is now 115 miles southeast of Key West, with sustained winds of 125 mph.

How fast is it moving currently, do you know?

Kermit.de.frog

Definitely see this regaining Cat 4.

Depending on how long it remains off the Florida coast before landfall we could be nearing Cat 5 territory again in short order.

Water John

They said it had slowed to about 9mph.

20kph, about

Meteorite58

How fast is it moving currently, do you know?

NHC

ZCZC MIATCUAT1 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM

Hurricane Irma Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL112017
600 PM EDT Sat Sep 09 2017

...600 PM EDT POSITION UPDATE...
...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS NOW OCCURRING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS...

A National Ocean Service station in Vaca Key recently reported
sustained winds of 46 mph (74 km/h) with a gust to 59 mph
(94 km/h). Marathon recently reported sustained winds of 43 mph
(69 km/h) with a gust to 66 mph (106 km/h).

SUMMARY OF 600 PM EDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION

---

LOCATION...23.4N 80.7W
ABOUT 110 MI...175 KM SE OF KEY WEST FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...933 MB...27.55 INCHES

YFlyer

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

http://clkp.com/ < Just parked there in his F250 pickup, all sign written.

A crazy ass plumber .

Didn't see it. went to live. think he is still okay.

Gaoth Laidir

For me it's still heading west on the Key West radar animation.

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?product=N0R&rid=byx&loop=yes

JCX BXC

Will be interesting to see whether Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Meyers, Orlando etc airports keep issuing METARs during the hurricane, Varadero, Saint Martin (still not issuing any since the storm), San Juan etc all stopped issuing METARs just after the storm hit.

If they do keep issuing we would be able to get exact gusts and sustained winds experienced there every half an hour/hour or so.

Gaoth Laidir

JCX BXC wrote: »

Will be interesting to see whether Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Meyers, Orlando etc airports keep issuing METARs during the hurricane, Varadero, Saint Martin (still not issuing any since the storm), San Juan etc all stopped issuing METARs just after the storm hit.

If they do keep issuing we would be able to get exact gusts and sustained winds experienced there every half an hour/hour or so.

I'd say those on the east coast will alright. Key West and Marathon will probably not survive though.

JCX BXC

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

I'd say those on the east coast will alright. Key West and Marathon will probably not survive though.

Key West gusting to 46kts at the moment. TAF giving up to 120kts!

Gaoth Laidir

Latest pressure measured at 931.3 hPa at 21:43Z.

214300 2319N 08040W 6957 02585 9313 +185 +155 028007 007 013 001 03

Peak SFMR 30-second surface wind measured at 93 knots.

214630 2319N 08024W 6959 02756 9540 +136 //// 185093 094 081 027 01

BillyBobBS

All the experts are in line now. The West coast of Florida is in real trouble

Meteorite58

http://www.convectiveweather.co.uk/HurricaneLive.php?Wallet=1

pad199207

I feel if it can reach category 4 status before the eye hits the keys then category 5 can't be ruled out for the mainland.

Seems to be going through an ERC at the moment

PowerToWait

It's still about 150km away and those waves off Key West are noticeably stronger and bigger in the past 90 minutes.

Guy earlier on the Weather Channel said nowhere on Key West was survivable. What are those people thinking?