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[heidi]

Just lost power. Dammit. Anyone want to paste in storm updates as replies here, it would be appreciated.

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YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

[jords.livejournal.com]

LATEST UPDATE FROM WEATHER.COM

Hurricane Wilma is gaining forward speed early this morning as it moves across southern Florida. Wilma's forward speed is up to 20 mph and even faster movement to 25 mph is anticipated. Landfall occurred at 6:30 a.m. EDT near Cape Romano, Fla. The hurricane has strengthened with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph (Category 3). Winds have gusted over 80 mph with a 3.5-foot storm surge in Key West as the southeastern eyewall approached. In addition, a storm spotter on Cudjoe Key reported a gust to 123 mph. Expect conditions to deteriorate across southern and central Florida rapidly this morning. In addition, tornadoes are likely as the hurricane moves across Florida.

Since Wilma will continue to speed up as it passes over Florida, rainfall totals will not be excessive. The rain will be blinding at times, however, and general totals of 4 to 6 inches are forecast, with isolated 8-to-12-inch amounts possible.

Wind damage will be widespread, particularly from Lake Okeechobee southward, and residents should be prepared for power outages and downed trees. At least a little damage will be possible as far north as Tampa and Orlando since Wilma's wind field is large and expanding.

Water level rise--a combination of storm surge and wave set-up--will be locally 10 feet along the southwest coast of Florida and 5 to 8 feet in the Keys. Even the east coast of the peninsula can expect a 1- to 3-foot water rise later today.

Alpha, meanwhile, has weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall in the Dominican Republic Sunday morning. It has pushed across Haiti and back over open water, but is not expected to regain tropical storm strength as it heads north over the southeastern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. Alpha will be short-lived as it gets absorbed by the larger circulation of Hurricane Wilma Monday.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Mine just popped out and in for the 4th time since I got woken up by whatever I got woken up by. The transformers look like stealth peacock lighting out there, there's so much copper frying tonight.

But on the positive side, the abandoned construction tarp has not been budged significantly -- I'm kind of using it as a marker of wind strength along the street here.

Just refreshed the storm floater - timestamp 10:15 UTC, and the eye's halfway inland. We should be getting another image real soon now. The dawnline isn't quite up to the... [looks for term]...

There goes the power again... and back up.

...the Windward Islands. It's just getting dawn in the Windwards.

I just heard a new noise in the back. [frowns]

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

You on YM?

[ancarett]

From NOAA:
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
711 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...EYE OF HURRICANE WILMA ONSHORE IN SOUTH COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE
COUNTIES...

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM EDT...HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST. FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI...
THIS IS NEAR EVERGLADES CITY OR 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PALM BEACH OR 75 MILES WEST OF MIAMI. WILMA IS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THROUGH MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO NEAR EVERGLADES CITY AND CROSS THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY...MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR PALM BEACH COUNTY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
HURRICANE WILMA IS NOW INLAND OVER MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA. THE STORM SURGE
MAXIMIZED AROUND 6 TO 7 AM EDT ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA GULF COAST
ESPECIALLY THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK AND SHOULD NOW BE DIMINISHING. AS THE STORM MOVES FURTHER INLAND...THE WIND WILL
BECOME OFFSHORE AND THE SURGE WILL RECEDE STEADILY.

STORM SURGE IS STILL OCCURRING INTO FLORIDA BAY...INCLUDING CAPE SABLE...
FLAMINGO AND THE SOUTH COAST OF MIAMI-DADE. A STORM TIDE OF 8 TO 13 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL IS NOW OCCURRING ON CAPE SABLE AND IN FLAMINGO. MUCH OF FLAMINGO IS NOW LIKELY FLOODED AND FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 1 AND CARD SOUND ROAD.

ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY BISCAYNE BAY...
TIDES ARE RUNNING 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A STORM TIDE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND 8 TO 9 AM EDT...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN CANALS AND WATERWAYS. SOUTH WINDS WILL PILE SOME WATER INTO THE NORTH END OF BISCAYNE BAY CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF CAUSEWAYS AND LOW LYING BEACH ACCESS ROADS FOR A SHORT TIME FROM EARLY TO MID MORNING MONDAY. SOME FLOODING FROM SURGE WILL OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS OF MATHESON HAMMOCK AND FAIRCHILD TROPICAL GARDENS AND PARTS OF CORAL GABLES AND COCONUT GROVE AND ALONG THE MOUTH OF THE MIAMI RIVER. LOW LYING AREAS ON THE BAY SIDES OF KEY BISCAYNE AND VIRGINIA KEY CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. OVER THE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY COASTS...STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED MID MORNING.

FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS IS EXPECTED FROM EARLY MORNING TO AROUND NOON MONDAY OVER AREAS INSIDE THE DIKE FROM LAKEPORT TO CLEWISTON...WITH 2 TO 5 FEET ABOVE CURRENT LAKE LEVELS ELSEWHERE FROM BUCKHEAD RIDGE SOUTH TO LAKEPORT...AND FROM CLEWISTON THROUGH PORT MAYACA. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS OUTSIDE HOOVER DIKE PROTECTION INCLUDING TORRY...KREAMER AND RITTA ISLANDS AND SOME ACCESS ROADS. THE LAKE LEVEL ON SUNDAY WAS 15.6 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL.

[wendywoowho.livejournal.com]

Be safe, beautiful.

[hedwig-snowy.livejournal.com]

Saw that there was a 104 mph gust at the Miami Airport a few minutes ago. Stay safe.


...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM EDT...HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 81.4 WEST. FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI...
THIS IS OVER THE BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE IN EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY OR 75
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PALM BEACH OR 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MIAMI. WILMA IS
MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK THE EYE OF WILMA SHOULD BE MOVING
OFFSHORE THE SOUTH FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST AROUND NOON TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WILMA
IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW WEAKENING IS
FORECAST AS WILMA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE LARGE EYE OF WILMA IS NOW MOVING ACROSS THE EVERGLADES AND WILL BE
MOVING ACROSS BROWARD...PALM BEACH AND NORTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES THROUGH
MID MORNING BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC AROUND NOON TODAY. THIS
WILL PROVIDE A SHORT WINDOW OF ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO FOR ANY EMERGENCY REPAIRS
BEFORE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE EYEWALL COMES BACK ONSHORE TO RENEW HURRICANE
CONDITIONS FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE DURING THE EYE
UNLESS EMERGENCY REPAIRS ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS...PRIMARILY IN GUSTS...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF MAINLAND SOUTH
FLORIDA FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

What do you have up there? Winds? Rain? Heard disney was closed til 3?

[hedwig-snowy.livejournal.com]

Winds about 30-40. Rain. 3-4 tornado sightings, 2 touched down. 1 in Cocoa, 1 near Melbourne. Think Disney is closed, but may open after the storm passes. Need to sell those Mickey balloons!!! Universal, etc... closed. Odd...they said Sea World is open today.

[hedwig-snowy.livejournal.com]

http://blogs.herald.com/herald_hurricane_reports/

Robert Molleda, the Miami National Weather Service's severe weather expert, reported a
gust of 112 mph in the Everglades National Park.

"We're getting gusts of over 100 mph all across Metro area. Pretty much everywhere,''
he said.

In Broward, 168,000 were without power and in Collier County, the number had topped
168,000.

Miami-Dade begins pulling police cars off street
In Miami-Dade, 380,000 customers were without power by 8 a.m.

[enelya-oronar.livejournal.com]

FL . FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BREVARD BROWARD CHARLOTTE CITRUS COLLIER DESOTO GLADES HARDEE HENDRY HERNANDO HIGHLANDS HILLSBOROUGH INDIAN RIVER LAKE LEE MANATEE MARTIN MIAMI-DADE MONROE OKEECHOBEE ORANGE OSCEOLA PALM BEACH PASCO PINELLAS POLK SARASOTA SEMINOLE ST. LUCIE SUMTER VOLUSIA

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Hour-by-Hour Forecast for
Miami, FL

On The Spot Weather

Mon, October 24

10am Squalls 81°F From S 65 mph
11am Squalls 80°F From SSW 65 mph
12pm Squalls 79°F From SW 57 mph
1pm Showers / Wind 79°F From WSW 48 mph
2pm Showers / Wind 78°F From WSW 40 mph
3pm Showers / Wind 77°F From W 33 mph
Low tonight 63°F
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I am just north of Orlando and we are starting to get nasty. We are now under a tornado warning and there is a series of storms coming up from Kissimmee that has 'tornado cells' in it. No loss in power yet.

Stay safe.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

You stay safe, too! And I hope you keep the power!

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

CNN said another 30 minutes. the backwall is lashing the east coast of florida. And the wind seems to be causing the worst of it. :)