cp79 wrote:kevin wrote:12z GFS goes all-out regarding US impact. Landfalls in Florida, then goes through the entire east coast: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and now Maryland & Delaware at 270 hours. And might I add that Zeta is still 970 mbar at 270 hours, a full day after landfall.
I just don’t know if the steering is there for a Fla landfall to happen. I’m not saying it can’t happen, but if it were to get picked up, I would think it would move more NE, not N. Or WNw and then NW if HP got a hold of it. But maybe they see something I don’t so we’ll see. Like I said, too early in the game to take any model seriously past 96 hrs. The Euro will be interesting in an hour.
All this said, there is a growing and concerning trend for it clipping CA and staying alive and drifting N. Getting closer to 50/50 of that happening.
You said a Florida landfall was .00001% yesterday. Florida was never safe from this, even though it was looking good yesterday. The Florida Peninsula has been extremely lucky for a long time. Even with Irma, had it not took a trip to Cuba, the Florida Keys would have likely had a cat 5 with many communities wiped out like Mexico Beach.
Sooner or later that luck will run out. Hopefully later...
With the Canadian now showing the north turn, we really have to watch this and be prepared.
Also, this board will likely be hyperactive again with the Weather Channel and others showing a possible Florida strike on their tropical updates.
Monday's model runs will have thw recon data inputted, this should give us a much more accurate forecast. It is going to be a busy week, no doubt.