mempho Posted yesterday at 06:40 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:40 PM 10 minutes ago, ATDoel said: There are plenty of videos of storm chasers standing in major hurricane/typhoon winds, you will never find one of a chaser standing directly in any tornado of any size. You're severely downplaying the importance of the vertical component. I'm not going to post a video here because I don't want to confuse anyone, but look up Typhoon Haiyan videos. You are not taking into account that chasers have time to prepare with a hurricane with respect to wind direction, debris, etc. In those cases, chasers look at the upwind areas for sources of potential debris that could impact them. Chasers spend the days and hours prior to the storm looking for right locations to get the right camera shots and the wind velocities are reasonably predictable. The other issue with a tornado is that the much smaller diameter of a tornado means that debris will often be lofted downwind of you and it will not have time to fall out before coming back around. These are huge differences between the two. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wthrmn654 Posted yesterday at 06:51 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:51 PM From that jamaica webcam site only 1 of the cams is now down pretty dam impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathermedic Posted yesterday at 06:53 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:53 PM Lots of people there utilize satellite for internet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted yesterday at 06:54 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:54 PM 28 minutes ago, ATDoel said: There are plenty of videos of storm chasers standing in major hurricane/typhoon winds, you will never find one of a chaser standing directly in any tornado of any size. You're severely downplaying the importance of the vertical component. I'm not going to post a video here because I don't want to confuse anyone, but look up Typhoon Haiyan videos. This is total bs. You won't find one video of any chaser standing directly in legit sustained major hurricane/typhoon winds. 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted yesterday at 06:56 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 06:56 PM Per Brad P live feed, Santa Cruz is now flooding. Also, large portions of many towns (homes and cars) are now being swept away by extreme flash flooding coming off the mountains. The way he is talking it sounds catastrophic. One town he mentioned is Mandeville. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esullivan Posted yesterday at 06:57 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:57 PM https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1983245789158642173 Volcaholic has a lot of scary videos of flooding in the mountains in his X posts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted yesterday at 06:57 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:57 PM 1 minute ago, Scott747 said: This is total bs. You won't find one video of any chaser standing directly in legit sustained major hurricane/typhoon winds. That is correct . They are astute at staying alive and walking out into open space with 150 mph sustained is a life ender 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabehippie Posted yesterday at 07:03 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:03 PM 10 minutes ago, wthrmn654 said: From that jamaica webcam site only 1 of the cams is now down pretty dam impressive. As long as the batteries hold out, and they don't get physically blown away, they probably will be able to keep broadcasting. Once their batteries run out, that will be it it for at least a few days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabehippie Posted yesterday at 07:04 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:04 PM 9 minutes ago, Scott747 said: This is total bs. You won't find one video of any chaser standing directly in legit sustained major hurricane/typhoon winds. 100% spot on. They will find a place that is sheltered from the wind to broadcast from, or will just hunker down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted yesterday at 07:05 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 07:05 PM Jeff P. is now witnessing a flooding catastrophe in Santa Cruz in his live feed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydbuster Posted yesterday at 07:17 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:17 PM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted yesterday at 07:18 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:18 PM It is bitter sweet watching the eye collapse right in front of our eyes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted yesterday at 07:20 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:20 PM Live cam of Montego Bay looks even more ferocious now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted yesterday at 07:22 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:22 PM Even with the eye collapsing the symmetry it had maintained is incredible. It may not have suffered much structurally, although I wouldn't expect any restrengthening once it gets back over water (probably at cat 3 strength) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted yesterday at 07:30 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:30 PM 36 minutes ago, Scott747 said: This is total bs. You won't find one video of any chaser standing directly in legit sustained major hurricane/typhoon winds. well you might if they are really really stupid (and they won't be standing for long lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted yesterday at 07:35 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:35 PM 13 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: Live cam of Montego Bay looks even more ferocious now. Ramped up even more since this message, that utility pole in the distance is really swaying now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted yesterday at 07:36 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:36 PM 5 minutes ago, pazzo83 said: well you might if they are really really stupid (and they won't be standing for long lol) They will prove that indeed msn can fly !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted yesterday at 07:38 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:38 PM 3 minutes ago, Cobalt said: Ramped up even more since this message, that utility pole in the distance is really swaying now. Definitely picked up as soon as winds flipped more NW from the ENE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted yesterday at 07:38 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:38 PM Where is the eye in relation to this Reuters live feed at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowGoose69 Posted yesterday at 07:40 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:40 PM 1 minute ago, AdamHLG said: Where is the eye in relation to this Reuters live feed at this point? The last minute or two I think they are partially in the eye. Conditions seemed to have improved a bit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKY_WX Posted yesterday at 07:42 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:42 PM 3 minutes ago, AdamHLG said: Where is the eye in relation to this Reuters live feed at this point? I'm assuming it's just ESE of that location. It's facing the ocean, so that wind is probably coming from the ENE switching to N soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKY_WX Posted yesterday at 07:45 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:45 PM 2 minutes ago, HKY_WX said: I'm assuming it's just ESE of that location. It's facing the ocean, so that wind is probably coming from the ENE switching to N soon It will be interesting to see if the ocean starts creeping up on that cam as the winds switch north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted yesterday at 07:54 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:54 PM Looks like the center is near the coast now, so we’re going to find out soon just how intact that core still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaleighNC Posted yesterday at 07:57 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:57 PM 2 hours ago, ATDoel said: The only reason the damage was bad for Helene was because so many communities built in the floodplain of the creeks and rivers. There is no other place to build there, and Helene's flood was orders of magnitude bigger than any prior flood, so it reached areas that had been assumed to be safe. Much like what is about to happen to Jamaica. And landslides happen where you never think a flood will happen. To say Helene didnt have any "wiped off the map" damage as one poster said, is just wrong. Ask Chimney Rock and Bat Cave and Minneapolis and any number of other communities. When the mountainside comes down, everything is gone. I pray for these poor people in the way of this one. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM 6 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: Looks like the center is near the coast now, so we’re going to find out soon just how intact that core still is. Looks pretty messy on the latest radar image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM C4 now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:01 PM Just now, Interstate said: Looks pretty messy on the latest radar image Can you post? I can’t get the regional radars to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted yesterday at 08:08 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:08 PM 6 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: Can you post? I can’t get the regional radars to work. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-W_Caribbean-15-48-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted yesterday at 08:10 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:10 PM 7 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: Can you post? I can’t get the regional radars to work. Going to be interesting to see what she does in a few hours once back over the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted yesterday at 08:13 PM Share Posted yesterday at 08:13 PM portion of a roof went off in that Reuters live feed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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