By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, october 7, 2024 at 1:37:00 p.m. edt
“(zh) hurricane milton is now a category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds in excess of 160 mph, according to the latest data from the national hurricane center.
“10:55 cdt monday update: milton rapidly intensifies into a category 5 hurricane. data from a @53rdWRS hurricane hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph (250 km/h) with higher gusts.
“— Fox weather (@foxweather) october 7, 2024
“meteorologist Mike Masco noted, ‘there is the potential for some additional increase in intensity through the day. latest short-range high resolution forecast models show a landfall in the #tampa #StPete area by wednesday night. this type of ‘direct hit’ as well as intensity based on the going forecast has not been seen since the 1848, that hurricane was believe [sic] to be a category 4>.’”
GRA: Some comments about climate change, blah, blah, blah, but just read that AGAIN—a storm like this “has not been seen since 1848”—176 years ago.
It’s NORMAL [?].
But you have to wonder whether our anti-population scientists would love to come up with a hurricane of this intensity that covers the length of the U.S.—from coast to coast—and then blame “nature.”
--GRA
By Grand Rapids Anonymous
monday, october 7, 2024 at 2:10:00 p.m. edt
Note: There is almost no chance of milton staying at a cat 5 hurricane level, A decrease to a cat 3, is basically a given. Still, a 3 is formidible. What fox weather says would be the worst track is if milton went just north of tampa bay at landfall. this would inflict a storm surge—a tsunami of sorts—of 12 feet plus into downtown tampa bay. Winds are 175 mph currently and may go up before decreasing to “only” 130-140 mph. There is even “dry air” being thrown in, as a factor, as milton nears the florida coast. dry air takes a bite out of the strength of a hurricane, but as of now, it’s just a possibility.
--GRA
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I think it's perfectly normal to have a hurricane this strong once every 176 years.
--GRA
There are many examples of cat 5 hurricanes over water,but they rarely hit land with that devastation(if ever). It's a temporary level fueled by warm water but the dynamics of hurricanes makes it unable to stay at a 5. Still,3 or 4 is bad enough.
--GRA
I wonder if Trump will carry what's left of Florida. Now they have an excuse for "lost ballots"(which happened to all be for P.T.)
--GRA
HURRICANE MILTON EXPANDING IN SIZE AS WIND SPEEDS DROP NOMINALLY;TAMPA BAY STILL GROUND ZERO.
(Weather channel)Winds speeds have eased from 180 mph to 155 as category four,Hurricane Milton,heads toward Central Florida for an anticipated landfall Wednesday night. The size of the hurricane has increased as they normally do at this stage of their development. Storm surge danger continues to increase with the size of the storm--moving to the e-ne at 8 mph. There is potential for an increase in wind speed as barometric pressure lowers from the current reading at 923 mbs. Milton may go back to a cat 5 storm(winds over 160 mph),but that's semantics at this point--150 or 160 mph winds--both are catastrophic. Forecasters are holding out hope for dry air,close to the coast,to knock Milton's strength down slightly,but that talk has eased somewhat the last 24 hours.
GRA:Sarasota,Tampa--what will be left?As of current forecasts,not much.
--GRA
Fox Weather's Brian Norcross IS still anticipating the "dry air" scenario as Milton nears landfall--and a lessening of winds to 125 mph as Milton comes ashore.
There's slight hope for cities south of Ft.Myers to escape the brunt of any heavy rain,due to that dry air The suggestion of the track at 2 pm is Milton MAY pass just south of Tampa,but north of Sarasota--none of it written in stone.
--GRA
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