Big change in the projected path. Landfall just East of Panama City on Thursday but that could change as the models still aren't together.
Florida is getting lots of wind and rain as the bulk of the storm is North and East of the center.
I AM A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENT...BUT NOT COMPLETELY...THAT DEBBY IS NOT GOING TO TURN WESTWARD OVER THE GULF. HOWEVER...NEW OFFICIAL TRACK REMAINS A LOW-CONFIDENCE FORECAST.
Jim
Betty has not moved in the last few hours and is predicted to stay around for a few days with a possible slow drift to the North. Good news is dryer air is coming in from the West and having a disruptive effect on the storm. Most of the bad stuff is along the Florida coast and inland with high surf and winds. Lots of rain 12" and more and a bunch of tornadoes. High pressure ridge is blocking Betty from going inland but the high will move out in a few days allowing slow northward movement of Betty.
Jim
Betty has started a slow move to the NE but maybe a week to go across Florida. Dry air and subsurface cooler water has weaken her.
LOCATION...29.0N 85.2W ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM SSW OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...8 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES
Jim
Is George W. Bush still causing those hurricanes and steering them like he did in New Orleans?
Debby is finally on the move and the eye has made landfall. The heavy rains are to the East and North of the eye and should be across Florida and into the Atlantic in 24-36 hrs. The strongest winds are to the Southeast and still pushing water into the Florida coast.
Northern Florida has received over 20" of rain and will get 4-5 more before Debby is done.
Rain for last hour.
Rain since Saturday
Jim
Seeing as how you are in charge of storms this year, please keep them east of Louisiana so us folks in Texas and yourself do not get them. I still remember Ike in 2008.
Remnants of Debby is heading NE into the Atlantic.THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.
POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER 18 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042012 500 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012 ...DEBBY LOSES TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...NOW A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE... SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.5N 78.3W ABOUT 180 MI...295 KM E OF ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES
The big problem still remains in Florida where some places received 28" of rain and there is wide spread flooding.
My prays go out to all those affected by this event.
Jim
Interesting new tool from NOAA. Put in your town and it shows all Hurricanes for 150 years in your area. The default range is 65mi but you can change that.
Historical Hurricane Tracks | Tools | Digital Coast
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