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The Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the World - nearly 50 feet! #HurricaneLee may make landfall miles from there, which would be not only very dangerous in terms of surge (if timed right with incoming tide) but also a unfortunate science experiment. Depending on 1/
#HurricaneLee is forecast to peak Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph. If that happens, it would put Lee in an elite club, with 8 other storms reaching 180 mph. 5 Atlantic hurricanes on record have had stronger winds. The max: Allen in 1980 had 190 mph winds.
Breaking: #HurricaneLee is now a Cat 5 storm, with winds of 160 mph. In 30 hrs it intensified 90 mph, 2-3X the criteria for rapid intensification. In the past 8 years, there have been 8 cat 5’s in the Atl. Comparing 1970-2000 with 2001-2022, cat 5 frequency has tripled! 1/
#Lee may reach cat 5 status by weekend. A big reason: an “unreasonably” (record shattering) hot ocean. Below both sea surface temp anomalies & actual SST’s are shown. +3 to +5F above normal in our heated climate increases the odds of this and rapid intensification tremendously 1/
8major landfalls in past 7 yrs! While we can't attribute the general landfall locations (Gulf) to climate change (short data period) what we can say is that it's not coincidence (hotter water) that storms are getting stronger and rapidly intensifying (right up to landfall) @WFLA
This is a very useful tool. We have it live on our website all the time. The @WFLA Real-time looping Wobble Tracker. You can see when the eye wobbles off course OR if the storm is moving off course of the NHC forecast. Position updated through tomorrow. wfla.com/weather/tracki…
NHC's new surge forecast ticks higher for the Tampa Bay Area, now with 7-11 ft Crystal River, 7-9 ft in New Port Richey & 4-7 feet Clearwater Beach, St Pete Beach and even inside Tampa Bay - St Pete downtown, Tampa downtown. Expect low-lying coastal roads to be inundated. @WFLA
Over the next week the Atlantic will come alive with lots of "possible" tropical storms. Some will form. Others not. But take note of the wind shear. Notice the "belt" of shear that develops in the subtropics. Storms that encounter that will struggle. A sign of an El Nino pattern
Fascinating weather upcoming! Intense-Expansive heat dome builds over central US this weekend. Along West Coast upper low/ trough. Steering between the two attempts to lift a possible tropical system (#Hilary ?) north near SoCal. Meanwhile in the Gulf a tropical wave attempts 1/
“We are surprised by the pace. It is unprecedented what we have seen,” said Scott Atwell from theThe Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. “We’ve never seen anything like this. Some are not even bleaching, they are going straight to dead.” @WFLA wfla.com/weather/climat…
Actually it briefly reached 101 late today! If verified, this would challenge the hottest sea surface temperature ever recorded on Earth. Much more detail here and nuance too... @WFLA wfla.com/news/florida/1…
