Too Late To Flee Mega-Day-After Tomorrow Storm

[cronus]

You can make a fortune photographing that sort of disaster zone.

[laklak]

I wonder how many are insured...

The vast majority will have liability insurance, every marina I've been in requires it. Mine requires a minimum of $500,000. But a lot of older boats won't have comprehensive so it's just a loss to the owner.

[Jason]

I'm still wondering how none of the weather stations in the area show Cat 4 wind speeds...

Here's the data from Panama City Beach, you can look up the others if you're interested.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bW3OI0 ... sp=sharing


Also none of the weather stations I have access to in Portugal show hurricane force winds. I'm beginning to doubt the veracity of news reports.

[Scot Dutchy]

In Windy gust of 120 kph are forecasted just now.

[laklak]

Whatever it was it kicked the shit out of the Panhandle.

[Jason]

In Windy gust of 120 kph are forecasted just now.

Where?

[laklak]

Unnamed Floridaman assisting with the clean-up at Harry A's Bar on St. George Island. We Panhandle Strong, y'all.

[Sean Hayden]

000
URNT15 KWBC 101353
NOAA2 1414A MICHAEL HDOB 33 20181010
134330 2911N 08605W 7523 01866 9294 +196 +161 242016 021 015 002 00
134400 2909N 08603W 7524 01865 9289 +203 +167 238044 055 044 003 00
134430 2908N 08601W 7524 01893 9319 +198 +165 232079 092 095 006 00
134500 2907N 08559W 7526 01948 9391 +182 +178 229121 135 122 016 00
134530 2906N 08557W 7484 02093 9492 +168 //// 224140 144 112 028 01
134600 2905N 08555W 7499 02136 9567 +168 //// 222132 135 106 018 01
134630 2903N 08554W 7515 02167 9620 +169 +165 219124 127 100 007 00
134700 2902N 08552W 7529 02188 9662 +169 +153 220119 123 091 012 00
134730 2901N 08550W 7527 02229 9707 +158 //// 218115 117 084 009 01
134800 2900N 08548W 7532 02244 9733 +163 +132 218112 113 081 006 00
134830 2859N 08547W 7529 02273 9769 +152 +136 219107 109 074 004 00
134900 2858N 08545W 7521 02302 9794 +150 +139 220102 103 071 005 00
134930 2857N 08543W 7520 02320 9811 +149 +138 218096 097 069 005 00
135000 2856N 08541W 7524 02329 9828 +147 +141 219092 094 067 004 00
135030 2855N 08540W 7525 02340 9835 +155 +140 217087 090 065 004 00
135100 2854N 08538W 7527 02348 9845 +155 +147 217083 083 066 005 00
135130 2852N 08536W 7503 02383 9856 +153 +149 218081 082 066 007 00
135200 2851N 08534W 7509 02385 9866 +147 //// 218090 094 063 026 01
135230 2850N 08532W 7525 02372 9875 +146 //// 216089 091 061 030 01
135300 2849N 08531W 7526 02381 9885 +146 //// 216086 087 063 029 05

This data is taken from a hurricane hunter mission aircraft. It's pretty cool how this stuff works! I had to do some digging to find out how to interpret this data. Anyway, this is a random sample taken from around 1:45 Wednesday. The column we are interested in here is the 5th from the right, specifically the last three digits of that column. They give us the wind speed in knots. Just multiply that by 1.15 to get it in MPH. There are some crazy gusts in there. From the few minutes of research I did, this storm should be recorded as a record breaker.

If you want to try to dig through this stuff --pretty cool, but I've got a bio exam this week -- check out these links:

The hurricane hunters: http://www.hurricanehunters.com/mission.html

National Hurricane Center Data: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php

To find out how to read the data above see chapter 5 and Appendix G of the National Hurricane Operations Plan here: https://www.ofcm.gov/publications/nhop/nhop2.htm

If you really dig it why not put it into a human readable table and download all their data! I'm sure someone has already I just couldn't be arsed to dig further.

EDIT: 5th column from the right guys.

[laklak]

Fifth column gusts, fourth sustained?

I've seen video from inside the hurricane hunter aircraft, those dudes are pretty fucking crazy.

[Jason]

I got my data from weather stations from NOAA, but let's just ignore that. Can you translate those co-ords into something I can understand (use on google maps)?

[Jason]

Did you pull those numbers from a post by some dude named C83Crazy?

[Sean Hayden]

Fifth column gusts, fourth sustained?

I've seen video from inside the hurricane hunter aircraft, those dudes are pretty fucking crazy.

According to Appendix G of the National Hurricane Operations Plan which I linked to the fourth column from the right is: Peak 10-second average wind speed occurring within the encoding interval, in kt. /// indicates missing value.

[Sean Hayden]

Did you pull those numbers from a post by some dude named C83Crazy?

I linked to where I got the data:

National Hurricane Center Data: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php

[Jason]

000
URNT15 KWBC 101353
NOAA2 1414A MICHAEL HDOB 33 20181010
134330 2911N 08605W 7523 01866 9294 +196 +161 242016 021 015 002 00
134400 2909N 08603W 7524 01865 9289 +203 +167 238044 055 044 003 00
134430 2908N 08601W 7524 01893 9319 +198 +165 232079 092 095 006 00
134500 2907N 08559W 7526 01948 9391 +182 +178 229121 135 122 016 00
134530 2906N 08557W 7484 02093 9492 +168 //// 224140 144 112 028 01
134600 2905N 08555W 7499 02136 9567 +168 //// 222132 135 106 018 01
134630 2903N 08554W 7515 02167 9620 +169 +165 219124 127 100 007 00
134700 2902N 08552W 7529 02188 9662 +169 +153 220119 123 091 012 00
134730 2901N 08550W 7527 02229 9707 +158 //// 218115 117 084 009 01
134800 2900N 08548W 7532 02244 9733 +163 +132 218112 113 081 006 00
134830 2859N 08547W 7529 02273 9769 +152 +136 219107 109 074 004 00
134900 2858N 08545W 7521 02302 9794 +150 +139 220102 103 071 005 00
134930 2857N 08543W 7520 02320 9811 +149 +138 218096 097 069 005 00
135000 2856N 08541W 7524 02329 9828 +147 +141 219092 094 067 004 00
135030 2855N 08540W 7525 02340 9835 +155 +140 217087 090 065 004 00
135100 2854N 08538W 7527 02348 9845 +155 +147 217083 083 066 005 00
135130 2852N 08536W 7503 02383 9856 +153 +149 218081 082 066 007 00
135200 2851N 08534W 7509 02385 9866 +147 //// 218090 094 063 026 01
135230 2850N 08532W 7525 02372 9875 +146 //// 216089 091 061 030 01
135300 2849N 08531W 7526 02381 9885 +146 //// 216086 087 063 029 05

This data is taken from a hurricane hunter mission aircraft. It's pretty cool how this stuff works! I had to do some digging to find out how to interpret this data. Anyway, this is a random sample taken from around 1:45 Wednesday. The column we are interested in here is the 5th from the right, specifically the last three digits of that column. They give us the wind speed in knots. Just multiply that by 1.15 to get it in MPH. There are some crazy gusts in there. From the few minutes of research I did, this storm should be recorded as a record breaker.

If you want to try to dig through this stuff --pretty cool, but I've got a bio exam this week -- check out these links:

The hurricane hunters: http://www.hurricanehunters.com/mission.html

National Hurricane Center Data: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php

To find out how to read the data above see chapter 5 and Appendix G of the National Hurricane Operations Plan here: https://www.ofcm.gov/publications/nhop/nhop2.htm

If you really dig it why not put it into a human readable table and download all their data! I'm sure someone has already I just couldn't be arsed to dig further.

EDIT: 5th column from the right guys.

I'm looking at the appendix you pointed me toward, but the data format of the above does not conform to that in the document.

[Jason]

Did you pull those numbers from a post by some dude named C83Crazy?

I linked to where I got the data:

National Hurricane Center Data: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php

Can you give me the direct link? There are a whole bunch there and I'm not sure which tangled path you followed.