Update on #TropicalStorm #Melissa .... winds are still at 50mph but rapid strengthening is expected this weekend, with forecast to be a #cat4 #hurricane by Sunday.

An easy #Rouvy workout. First one in the "Masters" plan.

It was on a mainly uphill #cat4 route, so the distance is a bit low. Really enjoyed it when we did start descending... I could almost feel the wind on my scalp!

#cycling #strava #getfitstayfit

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68T8etedYfI

Hope any of my peeps living in Florida have either gotten out or has the best of builds where they live.

Hurricane Milton off the coast. Be safe. Here's some live local news covering it. Take care.

#Hurricane #Milton #Cat5 #StormSurge #Cat4 #TropicalCyclone #Florida #Tampa #Live #News #Breaking #Flooding #Cyclone #PalmBeach #Okeechobee #Helene #Orlando #Sarasota #VeroBeach #Daytona #Floods #Georgia #GulfOfMexico #StormSurge #Bradenton #PalmBay #Cuba #CapeCoral #Arcadia

Tracking Hurricane Milton as it approaches Florida

YouTube

Saffir Simpson definitions for CAT4 and CAT5 (remember, this is only wind damage -- NOT surge damage, and not extreme rainfall/flooding)

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php?os=app&ref=app

#hurricanes #cat4 #cat5

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale

10/7/24 805A CDT Update for Hurricane Milton

...MILTON RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...

Data from both Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Milton has
strengthened to a category 4 hurricane. The maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 150 mph (240 km/h). Milton is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Data from the aircraft also indicate that the minimum pressure has fallen to 940 mb (27.76 inches).

#HurricaneMilton #Milton #FLwx #CAT4

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#Hurricane #Helene #CAT4 pre landfall via #GOES combined IR and visual bands. She really stepped on the gas so landfall is imminent

Blue symbols are just some of the streamgages where major flooding is expected in the western part of North Carolina. At the gage below the red marker the prior record water level will be blown away by an additional 10 feet of water height! 😬

Click a blue marker and follow the link in the popup.
#Helene #HurricaneHelene #Hurricane #NCwx #Cat4

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NHC:

"Hurricane Helene Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092024
620 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2024

...HELENE NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...

A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft currently investigating Helene
recently found that the maximum sustained winds have increased to 130 mph (215 km/h). The minimum central pressure has also decreased
to 947 mb (27.96 inches) based on dropsonde data."

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=TCUAT4&e=202409262220

#Hurricane #HurricaneHelene #Helene #CAT4

IEM :: TCU from NWS NHC

TCU issued by NWS AT4 at 26 Sep 2024 22:20 UTC

Hurricane Helene

NHC: ...HELENE NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
#Helene #HurricaneHelene #CAT4

National Hurricane Center