Hurricane Idalia made landfall in North West Florida just before 8 a.m. ET, August 30, 2023, with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph, Category 4 hurricane.
NHC is using a combination of 5-6 computer models including GFS model, Global Forecast System. EURO Model on BBC weather website, landfall position note this site provides time GMT
More on Hurricane Idalia
Storm surge damage may stretch about 200 miles along Florida’s west coast, past the Tampa Bay area, and the state’s Big Bend area could get 12-16 feet of storm surge.
The National Weather Service office in Tallahassee said “locations may be uninhabitable for several weeks or months” because of wind damage. Storm surge could prevent access, too.
Since living in Fl, we know that the actual hurricane season goes through Nov. Well, here it is Nov. 10th and Hurricane Nicole come to the treasure coast as Category 1 storm with winds of 75 mph. This is actually rare for a November hurricane to come ashore on the East coast of Fl this late in the season. Well, Nicole made landfall on Hutchinson Island close to Vero Beach, Florida, at 3:00 am EST On Nov. 10, 2022.
Click the satellite image below to see animation, 24 images – 5-minute update
The wind picked up early in the morning. As a direct result of the increased winds, all the trees were bowing down. Peak winds of 20-30 miles per hour and gusts up to 50 miles per hour in St Lucie County inland area were reported at approximately 5:00 am, 9/29/2022
It was a mess in our back yard.
We started the cleanup of the tree branches, banana trees, cabbage tree branches and eureka branches. The branches were even on the street so, they were also picked up. Maybe we should just cut down some of the trees before the next storm.
Some of the tree branches could be chopped using a woodchipper. It will take a couple of more days to complete cleanup work
As 5:00 pm, 9/29/2022, Ian is once again a Hurricane from winding down to a tropical storm as it went over Orlando, once it crossed into the Atlantic, the winds increased to hurricane force and was focus on a different state..
After monitoring the storm for a week, Hurricane Ian finally made landfall over Sanibel Island and then Fort Myers, in SW Florida on Sep. 28, 2022, approximately 2:00 pm EST. Click the satellite image below to see animation, 24 images – 5-minute update.
9/28/2022, 2:00 pm, Hurricane Ian, a strong Category 4, almost Category 5, with around 155 mph wind speeds, moving north-northeast at 9 mph.
We have been monitoring Hurricane Ian and preparing the worst scenario to protect our property at same time since 9/21/2022. There were many so called spaghetti models presented by the news media. Major model, GFS model, Global Forecast System, was shifting to west every day for sometimes. Another computerized model, Euro Model, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast had been consistent to make landfall on the west coast of Florida.
It took days for the two models to finally agree that the where on the west coast the storm would make landfall.
EURO Model was originally 200+ miles east of the GFS Model prediction
EURO Model on BBC weather website, landfall position note this site provides time GMT
NHC is using a combination of 5-6 computer models including GFS model, Global Forecast System.
We were lucky this time. Tropical storm-force winds of 36 miles per hour and over 8 inches rain in some locations of St Lucie County reported 12:00 am, Wednesday, 9/28/2022.
Hurricane Isaias downgraded to a tropical Storm on 8/1/2020, 5:00 pm NOAA briefing. So it was a quiet last night.
8/2/2020, 8:00 am, #42 Tropical Storm, 65 mph wind speeds, 35 miles from south of West Palm Beach,
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8/1/2020 Hurricane Isaias Preparations
This is weird time or year. First, a hurricane normally does not come to Florida east coast in early August or end of July. Second, this is in the middle of Covid19 Pandemic. Well, we do what we have to do and prepare the worst and hope the best.
We did the same thing as Hurricane Dorian, September, 2019 to set generator, water dispenser, and a portable stove at the patio just in case we have to cook when power is down. We also took down US flag, took in all orchids, secure loose pots, secure orchids on trees, check and secure trees. We also took some photos to support potential damage of the properties. Fortunately this just turning out to be a dry run to get ready for the real hurricane that may be showing up in September.
Here is an amazing satellite imagery of Hurricane Dorian from NOAA, Tuesday, 9/3/2019
As of 3:00pm, Tuesday, 9/3/2019, Hurricane Dorian weakened to Category 2 was 106 miles of west Port St. Lucie, FL with forward wind speed 5mph based on National Hurricane Center.
Mobile app My Hurricane Tracker or Hurricanes was easy to use.
By 5:00pm,
the eye of Hurricane Dorian was almost paralleled to Sebastian, moving north with
forward wind 6mph
The day was wet
with hurricane Dorian outer band wind
and rain on and off. We picked up some cabbage
palm tree branches (complements of mother nature pruning system) when it was
not raining. Although there were
reported many power outages, we were not bothered. So. our staging area for
cooking at the patio was clean and did not even get any rain. Well, we are just
calling this a dry run sort of. We still have almost 2 months before end of the
hurricane peak season which runs from Sept. through Oct.
The above
includes a three burner propane stove.
We brought in the wood stands to use as a table if required.
We finally were able to take a break from Hurricane Dorian preparations,
so we could write the blog before we lose power. As of 11:00am, Monday 9/2/2019, Hurricane Dorian
was Category 4, 155mph from Category 5 with forward speed 1 mile a hour and came
to a standstill over the Northern Bahamas, approximately 110 miles from shore of
US.
Now, stop listening to the meteorologists as they all get their information from NOAA national hurricane center. Go directly to NOAA, obtain their latest path forecast which includes everything including path, wind speed, ETA, size etc. https://www.weather.gov/mlb/ https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Above
photo was taken approximately 4:56am, 9/2/2019, www.nhc.noaa.gov
Above photo was taken approximately 1:19 pm, 9/2/2019,
We started the Hurricane Dorian Preparations last Tuesday,
August 27, 2019.
In
preparation for a hurricane, it is strongly recommend doing the following:
Purchase a
water dispenser
Get some 2.5
and 5 gal jugs , save, and refill
Have a
generator that is ready to start, use regular gas, not the 10% ethanol blend in
it, and start on a monthly basis.
Get 12 AWG
cords enough to run your concerns which are available @ harbor freight at a low
cost and Harbor Freight gives 20% discount coupons.
Get reels large
enough to wind cords rather that wind over hand as the cord will not knot up
when unwinding -+ it is easily rewound but takes time depending upon length. We have mostly 100′ lengths.
Planning ahead is important and then go through a dry run.
Here, we made
a wooden box to cover the outdoor light for US flag made about 6 months ago,
Then, we had a little more time to secure trees, either tie to trees or anchor with ropes. The banana trees above were completely destroyed during Hurricane Irma. then, they all grew back nicely even produced bananas. So we did not want to lose them again. The papaya tree above was only tree we tied down before Hurricane Irma 2017. We trimmed it and now the tree was produced again. We would hate to lose it.
