Calderon

And now the ORD diversions are going into high gear. American 1941 from PHL just landed here in STL.

KDTW (Detroit Metro) is officially closed until at least 0100 tomorrow due to freezing rain. Nearly 20 diversions and counting.

Sitting at a healthy 10.5" here with light snow continuing.

Sitting at 5” at Forest Park. A foot will be easy. .

SLX bumps forecast for the city, yet again, to a solid foot. I mean, it only took at least a full day to do it. *rolls eyes*

Yeah, visibility for me in Central West End across the street from Forest Park is about 1/4 mile right now. It started just before 1300 but rates really picked up at 1400, close to an inch already.

SLX upped the forecasted total for the City of St. Louis up to 10" and potentially over a foot. I'm not the least bit surprised considering nearly all models go over 10".

For What It's Worth

Man, that Charley map is underestimated for sure based upon damage, particularly right along and just north of Charlotte Harbor.

You also realize what the word "preliminary" means, right?

This is where I bring up the argument of looking at Michael's wind damage at 155mph at Tyndall AFB and Mexico Beach versus Camille's at an alleged 175mph Pass Christian. You can't tell me Michael's wind damage isn't worse than Camille's, by a healthy margin.

I love a good troll that can't accept video evidence of wind speed and can be compared to Charley and look nearly exactly the same.

Any naysayer of category 4 winds in Mexico Beach, here's 100% proof.

Slash Pines are quite flexible and this shows these were very healthy, perfectly matured trees with no interior structural problems to allow them to flex until they were pushed to the ground. This is indicative of extremely intense winds over 120mph where these did not snap with explosive gusts. Impressive.

Here's some solid category 4 winds caught on tape at the main gate to Tyndall AFB. I've been there many times and it is completely gone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iNZdEsDA6g