Looks like the updated paths have it barely making landfall before heading considerably more north.
Hurricane Dorian
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Hmmmm. Wouldn’t be a fan of that if I’m being honest.If this track holds, Charleston won’t be a good place to be...
That might spare Orlando a direct hit, but if it does a slow roll up the coast over water allowing it to maintain some strength it’d be the worst case scenario for a lot of other folks to the North.
Latest models show it moving towards Georgia and the Carolinas with a track to skirt the outer banks of NC.
With this model Tampa Bay looks relativity safe.
Stay safe Bahama Red.
I've decided to brave it out on Miami. Many of my project mates moved to Georgia on Friday as a precaution 
Have only stocked up on water, bread and non perishable and filled a bath tub for emergencies. I have open parking so my car is the only one in serious danger. With the new projections, it may be just 30 mph winds in Miami.
Just nuke the fecker. Wait for it to be over Florida first though...
The Bahamas are about to get smoked
Slight shift to West again putting Orlando in the cone.. @Florida Man @Billy Blaggs
We should still be okay. Thanks for the update mate.
Any more west shift and we are in trouble in Miami
Any more west shift and we are in trouble in Miami
It's a cat 5 now
When is it due to hit Florida?
The rain late tonight from what I'm watching.
The storm isn't doing what was expected so not sure.
The storm isn't doing what was expected so not sure.
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Port Nassau webcame looking north in direction of Dorian...
https://www.portnassauwebcam.com/
https://www.portnassauwebcam.com/
Abaco Island (the island taking a direct hit) webcam looking directly into the storm...
https://www.rockybay.com/webcam_page_sml.htm
https://www.rockybay.com/webcam_page_sml.htm
Good luck to any fellow islanders in the Bahamas. Stay safe!
Bahamas are in deep shit unless it changes path fast.
Stay safe any of you out there.
Kinda disappointed we didn't nuke it.
Stay safe any of you out there.
Kinda disappointed we didn't nuke it.
My Mum is in Jupiter, very near the path... say's she's hunking down, uhhhh sure.
Pressure down to 939 and winds up to 175mph. Unreal.
Launch the nukes... That's serious (I'm so glad I'm nowhere close to there!)
My client texted me that he was heading out of Charleston so I will miss the hurricane altogether.
175, unreal
Up to sustained 180 with 200+ gusts now. I couldn’t imagine being on Abaco Islands, Bahamas right now.
Gusts of 220.. fek it's going to wreck that island
18-23 foot storm surge expected in the Abaco Islands.
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Usually the main worry is flooding-I doubt the structures are built with EF4-5 scale tornado speed winds in mind. Difficult to find a place above ground to shelter from that, even here in tornado alley.
I hope most people are long gone...
I hope most people are long gone...
What does the pressure mean/do?
Think of water. You go too deep and it will crush you
On a better scope. There are freely moving gasses that won't hurt you. A breeze for example.
Take a million breezes going against each other and if they come down there's enough pressure to flatten a house.
Feel free to explain it better @caftards
Take a million breezes going against each other and if they come down there's enough pressure to flatten a house.
Feel free to explain it better @caftards
It’s like a vacuum sucking in more warm moist air. The lower the pressure, the more it sucks in, the more powerful the storm becomes.
A friend of mine just sent me a reading from the Abaco Islands showing a pressure of 907mb... Hurricane Hugo’s lowest measured pressure was 918mb... the Labor Day hurricane that hit the Keys in 1935 had a pressure of 892mb. Coincidentally, tomorrow is Labor Day.
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It’s the most accurate measure of the intensity of the storm. Think of a whirlpool: the stronger the ‘vacuum’ in the middle, the faster and stronger the swirl because that’s where the water wants to go. If the pressure at the bottom decreases (you pull the plug or the dam opens it’s gates) the whirlpool gets even stronger and bigger because it’s all driven by pressure differential.
So here the pressure is lowest inside the eye and that’s where all the air goes and the lower the pressure inside the eye the more force exerted and hence the more wind is created (except here you have air going upwards into the low pressure area).