cheezyWXguy wrote:Kazmit wrote:jfk08c wrote:Question for anyone who may have a better idea than me. When looking at the 10m winds on the model runs, they all seemingly disappear inland. Is that a quirk with the models or something? I find it hard to believe Central Florida won't see any significant winds from this
The strongest winds rarely make their way very far inland. Land imparts a lot of friction on wind which makes it lose momentum. Windspeeds are highest at sea because there’s nothing to slow it down. Compare that to land with all of its trees, buildings, and terrain that all work to stop the wind.
While I agree, I think the effect is over exaggerated on the models. Winds reduce substantially once you move inland from the coast, but it doesn’t drop from 100kt to 25kt in a couple of miles
Yeah, that was my main thinking. I'm aware strongest winds will always be on the coast because there's no land interaction to slow it down. However, seeing 10m winds basically disappear across the entire peninsula while you still have a pressure equivalent of a Cat 1/2 over top of you never made much sense to me. I saw a couple model runs like that with Irma, almost like it didn't calculate wind speed over certain parts of the state
