THERE IS A 21 PAGE POWER POINT AT THIS URL:
http://www.weather.gov/media/jax/briefings/nws-jax-briefing.pdf
PLEASE PRAY
Are these areas not hardened against this sort of thing?
Will do
We have known for days this was likely coming.
There has been broad talk about it. Evacuation orders have been issued. Top rate warnings have been issued.
When this is over, I don’t want anyone saying they just didn’t know.
Everyone has been warned. Everyone had a chance to know if they were paying any attention at all.
Well. Crap. One of my coworker’s sister is in JAX and has two (2) small children. The are millennial idiots and plan on a block party since this is the first hurricane they have ever experienced. They’ve only been FL residents for a few years and have no idea how dumb an idea it is to stay.
UPDATE
Husband just landed!!!! He was able to reschedule his flight & got the last seat both planes from Chicago!!NOW the long drive home.
News referenced Hurricane Nicole...but said just watching at present. The last I heard is that Matthew has formed a loop with new eye forming within the eye & will travel same route as today.
FRIDAY 8:00 a.m. Hurricane Matthew now at Titusville (horizontal from Orlando) 140 miles from Jacksonville. My daughter in Orlando lost internet.. her lights have flickered but others folks in area have lost electricity out. Folks in Brevard County that refused to evacuate are asking to be rescued now: roofs blew off!
Hurricane Matthew decreased to Cat 3 & has wobbled 100 miles off-shore. Eye has enlarged expect to reach Jacksonville at 5:30-10:30. Highest winds winds expected hour between 4-7:Appears to me greatest impact Myrtle Beach & Charleston, NC pm.
Matthew is expected to slowly weaken some more during the next 12 hours or so while the cyclone completes the eyewall replacement
cycle. By 24 hours and beyond, more significant weakening is
expected due to the combination of strong southwesterly vertical
shear increasing to more than 30 kt and entrainment of very dry
mid-level air with humidity values less than 20 percent. The new
intensity forecast closely follows the consensus model IVCN.
Special thanks to the Air Force Reserve and NOAA Hurricane Hunters for their tireless efforts in having already completed more than 90 center or eye fixes.
Hurricane MATTHEW Forecast Discussion
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