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Potential Major Hurricane Idalia Possibly to Impact Central/Northern Florida 8/29
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Thank you. I'm at an age when my memory sometimes fails me.
Gringrinngghost
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There are three planes getting data.
NOAA9 - Gulfstream IV-SP "Gonzo"
NOAA3 - WP-3D Orion "Miss Piggy"
AF304 - Air Force WC-130
Miss Piggy has done a core punch so we have new data from the center.
JoeCamel
Well-Known Member
Looks like piggy and gonzo are in the thick of it
Gringrinngghost
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So...this has kind of thrown a major wrench into my wife and I's plans for our 10th anniversary. Our original destination was to be Saint Simons Island, GA but that's pretty much off the table at this point. Our resort has said they aren't sure if they'll be operating but we can go ahead and cancel if we want to do so. Now, I don't think they'll be operating as Irma came through in 2017 as a TS and knocked out power to the island and flooded the causeway so you couldn't even get on the island.
We THOUGHT we'd go to Disney World instead because we wouldn't leave until Thursday morning and arrive around 2PM on Thursday to Orlando but now I'm somewhat concerned the thing will take a southern turn and we'll end up with two cancelled 10th Anniversary trips if we do that.
We THOUGHT we'd go to Disney World instead because we wouldn't leave until Thursday morning and arrive around 2PM on Thursday to Orlando but now I'm somewhat concerned the thing will take a southern turn and we'll end up with two cancelled 10th Anniversary trips if we do that.
JoeCamel
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Does it ever strike you as amazing that we can sit at a screen and watch this unfold in the best data available?
SaintsDisneyFan
New Member
If anything the track has taken a more north/west turn. Appalachicola could get impacted far more than expected and with that the impacts could go away from Orlando. Very little chance there's a last minute turn, the models just aren't showing that.
Where are you coming from? Orlando and WDW by and large should be fine by Thursday.
From what meteorologists are saying, they don't expect any major shifts in direction.
We'd be coming from Athens, GA - we would take 75 through Macon and down through Valdosta and then through Gainesville. That part I guess could be a bit dicey depending on the path though?
None of the models are predicting a southern turn. The issue will be roads and flooding.
If you're driving down on Thursday, you should be okay. The NHC show Idalia in southern South Carolina early Thursday AM.
Gringrinngghost
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Not really, I have a few friends who are Hurricane Hunters, I beyond here I am talking extensively with other meteorologists I know. The more amazing thing that I've done was pull data off weather satellites myself with hardware that was less than $30.
This is from 2018:
You should be fine, as the main steering force will be a front that will collide with the storm and steer it out to the Atlantic.
JoeCamel
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Or you could jump in with both feet and see if you can get to 10 cancelled trips within the year?
Yeah we would be all I-75/Turnpike until we got to WDW. Unfortunately based on that track I don't believe our trip to the Georgia coast is going to be feasible. The storm is most likely going to roll into that area as a hurricane.
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The map.shows Idalia hitting southern Georgia as either a Cat 1 or 2.
As long as there's no flooding on I-75 or near exit 267B (or is it A) for 429 on the Turnpike, you'll be fine.
When Ian came through last September, the Turnpike was closed at the point due to flooding. But just for a day.
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