ATL: MATTHEW - Post-Tropical - Discussion

[northjaxpro]

I will go with landfall at Cape Canaveral Friday . Barometric pressure: 938 mb. Sustained wind 155 mph.

[Hurricane Andrew]

So angry I am going to be traveling and might miss landfall coverage, ARGH

[ZX12R]

Not sure in what universe a 980mb storm produces 150mph winds.

Well, that's what Jim Cantore told me.

Yeah, I don't think so, you must have misheard. A 980 storm is a Cat 2 at best. In fact, Gabrielle 2001 at FL landfall had a 980 pressure but was a 70mph TS. It would have to be the greatest pressure gradient of all time to produce those 150mph winds with that high a pressure.

Perhaps Matthew is going to be a really, really, REALLY big storm!

[cjrciadt]

http://www.sjcfl.us
Um, Wow! Has this ever been done before in St. Aug?
Mandatory evacuation for St. Augustine - just released

[psyclone]

what a difference 3 hours makes in that sat presentation. terrifying, increasingly buzz saw shape..shart worthy by any measure. I would be shocked if an intensification process didn't start soon. great to have recon in there. the next few hours should be interesting.

[WGV]

Need to evacuate to Caddyshacks for some flatbread!

[Floridagal]

I'm in central Seminole County, just NW of Brevard. I'm probably 50ish miles inland...less probably. I've made the preparations I can. I'm terrified.

My thoughts are with my fellow Floridians.

[ZX12R]

http://www.sjcfl.us

Mandatory evacuation for St. Augustine - just released

Glad I'm not there. I'm in no condition to evacuate.

[caneseddy]

I say 150 mph with 930 mb within 10 miles either north of or south of West Palm Beach

[Blinhart]

I'm trying to figure why Matt regained strength after Cuba, only to weaken yet again and..I don't think he is getting.. his act together yet?

He VERY much is getting his act together just hasn't really started strengthening again yet. He is getting ready to ramp up pretty quickly over night though. Once that is cleared out again which it's well on it's way to do so he should ramp very quickly.

In other words, Matthew is poised. Very poised!

I say within 12 hours he will be a Cat. 5

[gatorcane]

NHC satellite website is overloaded and responding with server busy errors. You can use this site for SAT imagery:

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis ... display=12

[Blinhart]

Sheriff's office just came through our development and told us we have to evacuate. We have until 5am to get out. I'm pretty much ready to go, so we are heading to my Grandmother's house now. (Mobile home development in pbc)

Not a good place to go

[Dean4Storms]

Just announced - MANDATORY evacuations for the entire city of St. Augustine

That's the city correct? Not the county residents? I live in WGV by the way

St. Aug and Hastings

[ronyan]

I'm having some problems accessing wunderground right now also.

[Michele B]

Sheriff's office just came through our development and told us we have to evacuate. We have until 5am to get out. I'm pretty much ready to go, so we are heading to my Grandmother's house now. (Mobile home development in pbc)

YOUR place is a mobile home - or HERS is?

I would not stay in a mobile home in a hurricane. Even a new one.

[ObsessedMiami]

Channel 10 here in Miami almost sounding the all clear for South Florida because of the spaghetti plots showing none making landfall in South Florida

I think it's pretty premature for that

Just like on this board, mets on TV will say a lot of garbage in order to be the "one who called it first"

[Bones2016]

on fox35 there was a guy in new Smyrna beach that said hes staying because he stayed for the 2004 hurricanes, thats the thinking that someone gets killed

I live in Ponce inlet and I'm staying. A lot of my neighbors including Kevin Nash are staying.

[Hurricane Andrew]

I'll go with 130mph, 934mb, Vero Beach South.

[AutoPenalti]

I'm seriously concerned that local 10 said such a thing.

[marciacubed]

I say 150 mph with 930 mb within 10 miles either north of or south of West Palm Beach

I hope you are wrong. I live 10 miles south