Weather Hurricane Milton is a CAT 5 and Coming for Florida - Page 8

Stewie · 10-09-2024, 07:00 AM

This is a good channel. They were live until late last night. Will go live again later this morning.

https://youtu.be/Z2nxCX_JH18?si=zastaD-RedluzMhL

Mr. Plow · 10-09-2024, 07:03 AM

8a ET Update

BlackHelicopters · 10-09-2024, 07:13 AM

Now a CAT4. Stay safe.

FloridaMan88 · 10-09-2024, 07:47 AM

Looks like Tampa is going to avoid their worst case scenario as it trends southward.

BleedingRed · 10-09-2024, 08:22 AM

Thank god it getting wrapped up in some dry air

Mecca · 10-09-2024, 08:45 AM

https://theatln.tc/kyWsw7AN

Zoë Schlanger: “As Hurricane Milton exploded from a Category 1 storm into a Category 5 storm over the course of 12 hours yesterday, climate scientists and meteorologists were stunned. NBC6’s John Morales, a veteran TV meteorologist in South Florida, choked up on air while describing how quickly and dramatically the storm had intensified. To most people, a drop in pressure of 50 millibars means nothing; a weatherman understands, as Morales said mid-broadcast, that ‘this is just horrific.’ Florida is still cleaning up from Helene; this storm is spinning much faster, and it’s more compact and organized.

“In a way, Milton is exactly the type of storm that scientists have been warning could happen; Michael Wehner, a climate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in California, called it shocking but not surprising. ‘One of the things we know is that, in a warmer world, the most intense storms are more intense,’ he told me. Milton might have been a significant hurricane regardless, but every aspect of the storm that could have been dialed up has been.

“A hurricane forms from multiple variables, and in Milton, the variables have come together to form a nightmare. The storm is gaining considerable energy thanks to high sea-surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, which is far hotter than usual. And that energy translates into higher wind speeds. Milton is also taking up moisture from the very humid atmosphere, which, as a rule, can hold 7 percent more water vapor for every degree-Celsius increase in temperature. Plus, the air is highly unstable and can therefore rise more easily, which allows the hurricane to form and maintain its shape. And thanks to La Niña, there isn’t much wind shear—the wind’s speed and direction are fairly uniform at different elevations—‘so the storm can stay nice and vertically stacked,’ Kim Wood, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Arizona, told me. ‘All of that combined is making the storm more efficient at using the energy available.’ In other words, the storm very efficiently became a major danger …”

“Milton is also a very compact storm with a highly symmetrical, circular core, Wood said. In contrast, Helene’s core took longer to coalesce, and the storm stayed more spread out. Wind speeds inside Milton picked up by about 90 miles an hour in a single day, intensifying faster than any other storm on record besides Hurricanes Wilma in 2005 and Felix in 2007. Climate scientists have worried for a while now that climate change could produce storms that intensify faster and reach higher peak intensities, given an extra boost by climate change. Milton is doing just that.”

FloridaMan88 · 10-09-2024, 08:49 AM

Andrew rapidly intensified and made landfall as a Cat 5… 32 years ago.

Explain that, “unprecedented” hysteria crowd.

ThrobProng · 10-09-2024, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Andrew rapidly intensified and made landfall as a Cat 5… 32 years ago.

Explain that, “unprecedented” hysteria crowd.

You're right, **** it. Milton is no big deal.

FloridaMan88 · 10-09-2024, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ThrobProng

You're right, **** it. Milton is no big deal.

Of course it’s a big deal… what it is not is a new phenomenon.

See Hurricane Andrew.

1992.

ThrobProng · 10-09-2024, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Of course it’s a big deal… what it is not is a new phenomenon.

See Hurricane Andrew.

1992.

I have seen anyone say it's a new phenomenon. Most people are aware that category 4 and 5 hurricanes existed prior to Milton.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 10-09-2024, 09:04 AM

Why can't someone just pull the power plug on the "weather machine?"

**ptlyon** · 10-09-2024, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15

Why can't someone just pull the power plug on the "weather machine?"

Cuz you'll eventually have to plug it back in...

**BigRedChief** · 10-09-2024, 09:44 AM

Here’s something I got in a notification about evacuating…….

Florida says if you can't get out of a mandatory evacuation area, write your personal info on your arm so they can identify the body.

**wazu** · 10-09-2024, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Here’s something I got in a notification about evacuating…….

Florida says if you can't get out of a mandatory evacuation area, write your personal info on your arm so they can identify the body.

That’s a helpful tip!

Mr. Plow · 10-09-2024, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Here’s something I got in a notification about evacuating…….

Florida says if you can't get out of a mandatory evacuation area, write your personal info on your arm so they can identify the body.

If this isn’t a definite warning to evacuate, I don’t know what is. Pray for Florida 😥 pic.twitter.com/YsPGBX4xrC
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Mecca Hockey Town Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Casino cash: $-782950	https://theatln.tc/kyWsw7AN Zoë Schlanger: “As Hurricane Milton exploded from a Category 1 storm into a Category 5 storm over the course of 12 hours yesterday, climate scientists and meteorologists were stunned. NBC6’s John Morales, a veteran TV meteorologist in South Florida, choked up on air while describing how quickly and dramatically the storm had intensified. To most people, a drop in pressure of 50 millibars means nothing; a weatherman understands, as Morales said mid-broadcast, that ‘this is just horrific.’ Florida is still cleaning up from Helene; this storm is spinning much faster, and it’s more compact and organized. “In a way, Milton is exactly the type of storm that scientists have been warning could happen; Michael Wehner, a climate scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in California, called it shocking but not surprising. ‘One of the things we know is that, in a warmer world, the most intense storms are more intense,’ he told me. Milton might have been a significant hurricane regardless, but every aspect of the storm that could have been dialed up has been. “A hurricane forms from multiple variables, and in Milton, the variables have come together to form a nightmare. The storm is gaining considerable energy thanks to high sea-surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, which is far hotter than usual. And that energy translates into higher wind speeds. Milton is also taking up moisture from the very humid atmosphere, which, as a rule, can hold 7 percent more water vapor for every degree-Celsius increase in temperature. Plus, the air is highly unstable and can therefore rise more easily, which allows the hurricane to form and maintain its shape. And thanks to La Niña, there isn’t much wind shear—the wind’s speed and direction are fairly uniform at different elevations—‘so the storm can stay nice and vertically stacked,’ Kim Wood, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Arizona, told me. ‘All of that combined is making the storm more efficient at using the energy available.’ In other words, the storm very efficiently became a major danger …” “Milton is also a very compact storm with a highly symmetrical, circular core, Wood said. In contrast, Helene’s core took longer to coalesce, and the storm stayed more spread out. Wind speeds inside Milton picked up by about 90 miles an hour in a single day, intensifying faster than any other storm on record besides Hurricanes Wilma in 2005 and Felix in 2007. Climate scientists have worried for a while now that climate change could produce storms that intensify faster and reach higher peak intensities, given an extra boost by climate change. Milton is doing just that.”
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