Hurricane Irma moving through could generate really fun swell. It’s now 11 at night. Some of the most severe weather we’ll see through the next three or four hours as the storm’s eye moves past the area. This category 2 hurricane is currently on a track toward Continue reading Hurricane Irma West Florida Surf Forecast
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Matthew Carnage
Dalton Smith and Corey Howell went for a cruise along the east coast of Florida to explore carnage left after Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc along the coast. Trees were uprooted, railroad structures were damaged, streets were flooded, and property was damaged. This is what happens when a category three storm with maximum sustained winds around 120 miles per hour brushes the coast. Continue reading Matthew Carnage
Tropical Storm/Hurricane Bertha
This storm took shape as tropical storm Bertha in the carribean near Barbados. It needed to cross harsh atmospheric environment and land masses before it was able to strengthen into a hurricane. After emerging into open water of the western atlantic it began to strengthen and just as it emerged into the wave window for most of east Florida it’s winds were sustained at 75 mph, the minimum to be categorized as a hurricane. At 3am on Monday tropical storm Bertha’s winds were sustained at 65 miles per hour. By nine in the morning the winds were sustained at 70 miles per hour; not quite hurricane winds. At 3pm the reconissance team returned with evidence of sustained winds at 80mph, and so on August 4 at 3pm the storm was considered a Hurricane. Continue reading Tropical Storm/Hurricane Bertha