The official tropical weather thread 2017

[toyolink]

The projections for Florida with Irma and a 7 day interval for another possible hit is quite troubling.
BTW, the system in the gulf is expected to impact first with some serious saturating weather.
Really, the stress levels of residents must be starting to go bonkers.
It seems to me that once we suffer a major threat at the beginning of the season all hell is on the cards for the Gulf states.

[hydroep]

Irma is now a Category 4 hurricane, packing winds of 140 mph. Those islanders gonna get it...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

fidel did say he would die when USA falls...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

winds from Irma clocking 150mph yes

[Ben_spanna]

Just UPGRADED to a CAT5 Hurricane!

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I have a few relatives in Florida and a state of emergency has been declared....water sold out in several areas and other groceries empty...

[redmanjp]

And they not expected to get hit till Friday or Saturday

[redmanjp]

Hope d eye stay off of those islands cuz a Cat 5 or 4 means complete destruction!

[shake d livin wake d dead]

better to be safe...unlike down here we get notified a few hours before..

[matr1x]

Latest windspeed is 175 mph
that is 281kmph

[tr1ad]

irma now a Cat 5

[toyolink]

Just spoke with an associate in Miami who advised that with the focus for resources going to Texas, the situation if Florida takes a hit is going to be bad.
Presently, supplies of many of the emergency items are either low or unavailable and is pressure to get stocks during the next few days.
The Port Authority will be advising plans for sailings after session tonite.
Hope is that there will be some positive deviation and/or loss of energy.

[xtech]

I wonder if Haiti is prepared....

[hydroep]

The trailing system has developed into Tropical Storm Jose.

NHC's website has slowed to a crawl, they probably haven't seen so much traffic in a long time.

[Slartibartfast]

God Damn!

[teems1]

The trailing system has developed into Tropical Storm Jose.

NHC's website has slowed to a crawl, they probably haven't seen so much traffic in a long time.

Harvey, Irma and Jose

I wonder when was the last last we got 3 consecutive tropical storms. Usually we skip a few letters between major disturbances.

Climate change is a real issue, and those nations emitting the most greenhouse gases do not understand they are making life even more difficult for others.

[sMASH]

I have a few relatives in Florida and a state of emergency has been declared....water sold out in several areas and other groceries empty...

Don't worry, they gonna get more than they can handle just now!
Hole orn, hole orn!

Today the sun is beastly. Jess now we might get a sun tax.

[sMASH]

Just spoke with an associate in Miami who advised that with the focus for resources going to Texas, the situation if Florida takes a hit is going to be bad.
Presently, supplies of many of the emergency items are either low or unavailable and is pressure to get stocks during the next few days.
The Port Authority will be advising plans for sailings after session tonite.
Hope is that there will be some positive deviation and/or loss of energy.

Just get the people out. Don't even bother to secure anything, just declare a state of emergency, and Evacuate.


If I was trump, I would have sailed a few air craft carriers with helicopters towards the southern east coast, to time the departure/dissipation of Irma. So they could do search and rescue as it becomes ssfe, and use the carriers as shelters.

[matr1x]

180mph.....awesome!! Predicted 27ft swells

[Chimera]

Yuh forget trump need them carriers for he bacchanal with north korea

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Irma @ 185mph...flights to go further North from Miami are virtually impossible to get at this time

[matix]

This is insane

[Slartibartfast]

You guys may appreciate this. An chronological overlay of the path of every hurricane in this location over the past 100 years.

[infinite_RPM]

Jose projected path is to the north.. i feel the mediahouses just using northerly projections for more American viewers to tune in.. Irma hasnt moved north in a long while now

[snypaz]

You guys may appreciate this. An chronological overlay of the path of every hurricane in this location over the past 100 years.

So we've been in the direct path of about 3 hurricanes in the last 100yrs?


*cues God is a Trini*

[nervewrecker]

I have a few relatives in Florida and a state of emergency has been declared....water sold out in several areas and other groceries empty...

Don't worry, they gonna get more than they can handle just now!
Hole orn, hole orn!

Today the sun is beastly. Jess now we might get a sun tax.

Doh give him.ideas

[redmanjp]

Omg 185 mph! Irma like she trying to break records oui. Trindad will get blow way with half that speed. My prayers for all those islands now. The eyewall hopefully if it stays off land would mean the wind speed on land would be much lower. Othewise hundreds of thousands go be homeless in 24 hrs.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^ the eye may pass directly over Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands

[Chimera]

Trinidad really lucky we dont see that kind of jamming yes

wha d firetruck guh rly happen to we

[mero]

Imagine kants on 2nr wish this happen to us to "teach us a lesson and make us aware"