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I picked a hell of a week to come to the Smokies eh? Honestly been looking like a hell of a wind event over SC as this thing interacts with that trough

Have to almost wonder reading tweets from the USAF that we are not getting ideal data due to how violent this is. Dave Malkoff tweeted they dropped 1000 ft, had hail and dealt with extreme turbulence in the eye as well. At this point those guys are just trying to keep the plane in the air

Absurd amount of lightning

Interaction with that trough is key. Also great instability and helicity number should make for a solid tornado event as well.

Dear Lord could you imagine!? I’ve seen enough “blobs” strengthen into small named storms over the last few years over that ocean current that runs east of Charleston, wouldn’t be shocked to see this restrengthen and organize before a second landfall

Looking more and more like a Cat 1 will make landfall between HHI and CHS. The stronger this storm gets, the more strength it’ll have as it chugs through FL. It will be interesting to see how it takes on the very dry air in place north of FL, we essentially have a wedge front in place at the moment (high today of 73 with sun!) Just cannot underestimate the Gulf Stream and the very warm water in place offshore at the moment. It’s absolutely ripe for a little intensification just depending on how much time this thing can get offshore

Well what worries me is a continued east track and the Gulf Stream. Absolute jet fuel for a weakening system as it goes back out over the water

Definitely watching in Charleston. Wouldn’t be shocked to see even at Cat 1 run up in here

Probably going to see a solid tornado event here across the South. Also 4-8” of rain across the Charleston metro area

I swear the naming of some of these storms is questionable at best anymore. I feel like I could go out off Folly with some dry ice and swim in circles to get a named storm these days

Not a great situation at all. 4-5 days from a possible major hurricane landfall and we don’t know if it’s going to head towards Pensacola or Tampa. Realistically if the Euro track wins out, it won’t be confirmed until we’re inside of 84 hours. Not much time at all

Pssh remember March 2020? Why toilet paper is so crucial during an epidemic for a respiratory disease I’ll never know

Awesome photos! Heck of a damn storm y’all are getting

That is one hell of a high pressure to the north of this storm. Odd situation where you’ve got the 540 line all the way into Michigan and a tropical system barreling towards it. To tell you the truth the Euro shows a legit CAD setup with a cold high 50s rain with this puppy inland

Figured I’d start a regional thread as it looks like significant impacts across the region. Verbatim serious rains for the Carolina’s/GA/TN with tropical storm strength into GA.

Welp I’d say Charleston to Myrtle Beach needs to really watch this now. Definite beast

What an absolute beast of a storm. So cool to see that front just to it’s west as well

It’d be on brand for 2022 lol! We’ll see our first lows in the 50s here tomorrow night since April in Charleston so the cool, dry air is beginning to make to the coast again. Definitely something any potential system may have to deal with

Honestly it being a hybrid system almost seems like a worst case scenario

Nice line over around Saginaw right now, lots of CIN to contend with though

I’m watching very closely

You're not wrong. Awesome winds on the backside of that thing as it strengthened, you can also see up top the changing of the winds as well

Agreed, it feels so much better on the skin

Jealous of everyone hitting below 60 this morning, unfortunately I'm too close to the ocean for that yet

I was going to say it was like an MCV with a ton of couplets rotating around it. Really an odd feature, I’m sure the warm lake added to that