Livestream: Hurricane Helene
Map track of Hurricane Helene via Google
Live stream coverage via Fox Weather:
H​urricane Helene is forecast to intensify as it heads for a potentially catastrophic Florida landfall tonight with possible record storm surge, destructive winds and flooding rainfall.
The fast-moving pace of Helene means its dangers will spread well inland through Friday. Life-threatening flash flooding, damaging winds and some tornadoes are expected in parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.
My people in South Tampa/Hyde Park (niece and family) and Tallahassee (cousin and family) evacuated to Auburn AL yesterday. Friends in Atlanta and Athens are prepped for power outages and street flooding. Prayers to all.Report
Yet, climate change isn’t real. The Right’s stubborn denial of climate change and the Left’s insane refusal to go nuclear and insist on green energy are going to be the death of a lot of people.Same with the car cult.Report
Tropical Tidbits provides a really nice display of all the major computer model predictions. Both the GFS (US) and ECMWF (European) models have Helene still looking very well organized as it passes over Atlanta.
A friend who lives outside Asheville, NC says they have already had five inches of rain. Asheville looks like it’s in one of the 12-16 inches of total precipitation bands.Report
Large swaths of North Carolina/South Carolina haven’t had a full receeding of waters from the tropical storm earlier in September. For example, the Cape Fear River’s flood stage starts at 35′, and normal for this time of year is 12’ish. While the last storm only got up to 31ft, that was still enough for loca/road flooding, but the river is only down to 21 feet as of this morning. Any kind of rain band, and there is one on the radar when this storm swings to the west, is going to cause flooding. Also, large swaths of Appalachia have been in drought, so Tennessee, Kentucky, SW Virginia areas are going to be prone to flash flooding. Ungood situationReport