WxWatcher007

Things have picked up a lot, but long way to go to be closer to a respectable grade. Isaac is close to a surprise MH, but will likely fall short. Peak Season Forecast (Aug 20-Oct 20)Named Storms: 15 (5) Hurricanes: 10 (3) Major Hurricanes: 5 (1) Francine (H), Gordon, Helene (MH), Isaac (H), Joyce

Quality over quantity season for sure.

The chase went about as well as it could. Ended up in the center of the eye. I posted a few videos in the thread. For the posts you have to paste the original link in another tab or window and substitute X for Twitter. So for example: If you paste the original link it’ll look like this https://x.com/burgwx/status/1839785589241258454?s=46&t=Nn9Cx92_8118fPdhHPdJHw If you change it in another tab and paste, it should automatically convert. You’ll know you’ve done it right if the tweet posts before you hit submit.

Thank you for sharing. Reposting for people that may be hesitant to click a link.

Ocean City

Pretty much dead center in Perry, FL. I was telling @ORH_wxman earlier that we had some clearing and a poor man’s stadium as the eye passed.

It was intense for sure. I’m a little surprised we didn’t get more of those insane velocities aloft mixed down, but it was a big dog even without that. https://i.imgur.com/FYdwaJe.png

I have a lot of stuff to sort through, but even though there are videos with higher gusts, there’s one video that says it all. Yahoos aside, what an experience doing this one shoulder to shoulder with one of the greats.

I have a lot of stuff to sort through, but even though there are videos with higher gusts, there’s one video that says it all. Yahoos aside, what an experience doing this one shoulder to shoulder with one of the greats.

I have a lot of stuff to sort through, but even though there are videos with higher gusts, there’s one video that says it all. Yahoos aside, what an experience doing this one shoulder to shoulder with one of the greats.

Driving east on I-10 earlier from Greenville to Live Oak had tremendous tree damage. There was a zone southeast of Madison that had legitimately large pines snapped at the base. I have never seen anything like that. Hope your family is doing ok.

Really good call, Ray. Looks like the 140 ceiling ended up getting reached. Obviously not as bad on the ground but my God some of the tree damage I saw in the path was wild. @kdxken @tamarack what kind of wind does it take to snap moderate to large pine trees at the base?

Getting back on the grid. Thinking of the folks still in harms way up north. I will get some storm videos up later but here’s the damage survey around Perry. It's significant to extensive in spots, but could’ve been a lot worse.

Yeah sorry about that I barely had signal. Actually had to use the new iPhone satellite text feature which was very useful. Doing damage survey now. Not as bad as one would think, but there’s significant to extensive damage in spots. I didn’t do a similar survey for Laura but this is the first time I’ve seen some buildings/offices just blown out.

Thanks. Yep I’m doing ok. Doing the damage survey now. It’s significant to extensive in spots, but could’ve been a lot worse. Will be attempting to travel back home today.

I’m ok. Will do a longer report tomorrow but the eyewall was ferocious and we did have some clearing in the eye, which was incredible to see. The southern part looked ominous with lightning and a howl that the northern half did not have, but in the end the southern half was tame. Definitely chaser convergence here. Everyone from the New York Times to your chaser yahoo. Met some good people. Others not so much. Mike Seidel and I were basically standing in a somewhat protected part of the hotel during part of the eyewall talking tropical. Easily got over 100mph gusts. My minimum central pressure was 950.3mb at 11:30pm, slightly higher than the airport just to my south. I see the airport got to 99 but didn’t have a peak wind. Worse than Idalia visually, which was a damn good eyewall, but Laura remains far and away the most intense TC I’ve experienced. #16 in the books. https://i.imgur.com/MYWgVXF.png Be safe everyone to the north.

I’m ok

#16

And we’re back. That was something. I’m ok.

Power out. Big gusts starting.