Tracking Hurricane Matthew and any potential impacts to New England

[wxeyeNH]

Seems like Matthew has slowed to a crawl past hour.  Freeport is in the NE eyewall and must be taking a devastating hit right now.  

[dendrite]

12 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Something's wrong 92 mph at 1 this afternoon?

Idk...there was definitely a pressure spike associated with it. I haven't had time to follow it today so idk the timing wrt that station. Just looking at obs and stuff now.

[ROOSTA]

Two obs.

Movement appears to be stair stepping.

Still far removed, way far away but starting to get "that" sound of the wind with swaying motion of the trees. A lot of hardwood species, my lot abuts two other properties on W and S side. Just so happens the house is located right in that niche. I'm worried about the backside.

[bobbutts]

1 minute ago, ROOSTA said:

Two obs.

Movement appears to be stair stepping.

Still far removed, way far away but starting to get "that" sound of the wind with swaying motion of the trees. A lot of hardwood species, my lot abuts two other properties on W and S side. Just so happens the house is located right in that niche. I'm worried about the backside.

Australian pines are the worst in my experience.  Most of the other stuff is significantly tougher than NE forests.

[ROOSTA]

2 minutes ago, bobbutts said:

Australian pines are the worst in my experience.  Most of the other stuff is significantly tougher than NE forests.

These Southern Oaks are susceptible to snapping, no saplings either 90% > 75yrs old and all top-sided. Pine and Palms will withstand.  

[bobbutts]

5 minutes ago, ROOSTA said:

These Southern Oaks are susceptible to snapping, no saplings either 90% > 75yrs old and all top-sided. Pine and Palms will withstand.  

Confirmed:

[CoastalWx]

Down to 130mph. Not sure it will et stronger.

[40/70 Benchmark]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Down to 130mph. Not sure it will et stronger.

I was saying earlier that it looked like it had peaked....RAD is degrading a bit on s side, too.

[CoastalWx]

3 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I was saying earlier that it looked like it had peaked....RAD is degrading a bit on s side, too.

It could go through cycles. But in truth, the biggest issue is track, not whether it increases or decreases 5kts.

[OceanStWx]

1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said:

Sustained 68 knots with peak gust of 91 knots on western tip of grand Bahama.  

 

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=spgf1

Yeah, solid gust from Settlement Point.

[OceanStWx]

As it relates to messaging, I saw some interesting discussion yesterday. We have focused so much on wind with hurricanes that we might have created our own monster. The building codes are strict down there, so if you're rated for Cat 4 you assume you're safe. But what about surge and inland flooding? Those kill far more people.

[dendrite]

14 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Yeah, solid gust from Settlement Point.

Heh...I see an RM Young wind monitor on that tower.

[HoarfrostHubb]

13 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Heh...I see an RM Young wind monitor on that tower.

The stuff dreams are made of.

[Damage In Tolland]

It's now cleared the last island. Time to go boom. Here we go

[ineedsnow]

0z hurricane models starting to shift north also hmmm

[ineedsnow]

Wonder if it has something to do with nicole being stronger and breaking down the ridge

[40/70 Benchmark]

All that means is a tamer LF, and less of a chance of it actually making one.

[dryslot]

If it does LF, Its going to be further up the coast it seems

[40/70 Benchmark]

Lame.

[dryslot]

It has just crossed 79W

[CT Valley Snowman]

IT may stay JUST east of Cape Canaveral but it will be close. 20 or 30 miles makes a significant difference with impacts.

[ROOSTA]

THREE WORDS
friggin blue baller

All the winds expanded out to the NE

 

[Typhoon Tip]

this is the worst scenario imaginable for PR purposes...

think about this.  what happens is J.Q. Public reacts to this sort of "miss" in one of two ways:

1 ... i lived through a hurricane; i know what they're all about now

2 ... see - i didn't evacuate and knew it was all hype

in only serves to galvanize the actions of the stupidly inclined, such that the next one has THAT much more capacity to kill.  

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Thats fine Tip. Play with fire, deal with the consequences. Thats on you, free will, just dont cry for help when youre burning. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

IEW has chased down the outer, cool stuff. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

[MarkO]

Glad we've got a government website on top of this.

[dryslot]

7 minutes ago, MarkO said:

Glad we've got a government website on top of this.

Shut it down if it does not fit the agenda

[TalcottWx]

Wow. Radar is insane. Lookout Brevard county.

 

[CoastalWx]

Not even gonna make landfall as a major. Or at all.