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Major Hurricane Irma


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Hi - I'm a first time poster but have lurked here for a while and enjoy learning from what folks post. I'm a geologist and one of my field sites is in the Turks and Caicos. We've been waiting for a hurricane to roll through for a long time to track changes on a low-lying island in the region and I'll probably head down there soon as it seems Irma will hit the region pretty hard. I'm wondering if the major models make any predictions of storm surge that I could access beforehand, or if there is another way for me to ascertain this information? I just need a loose estimate for the region in the coming days. 

 

Ike and Donna were both Category 4 and hit the Turks and Caicos hard. Typical surge was 9-12 feet in places. The carbonate and coral plateau and shape of the cays and inlets can help depending on angle of approach.

 

I'd recommend visiting NOAA's site for their SLOSH model. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/surge/slosh.php

 

As for the global forecast, tropical and intensity models, they are purely atmospheric pressure and precip based and do not simulate surge. However, if Irma is a large Cat 3 or 4 hurricane by the time it would impact the Turks and Caicos, you can probably expect something similar to Ike and Donna if it makes landfall.

 

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