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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Hurricane Irma Closures
Hurricane Irma is making landfall right now around 3:45pm on the Florida peninsula just south of Naples. Its projected path brings the eye over the densely populated area of west central Florida. The forecast of this storm brings potentially serious impacts to Pinellas County and the Tampa Bay area. It’s prompted many closures. In fact, much of state’s economy has gone completely silent. Everything is closed from gas stations, to grocery stores, to industrial districts. Continue reading Hurricane Irma Closures
Hurricane Preparedness: Hurricane Irma Barreling Down on Florida
Hurricane Irma is still headed for the state. On a positive note, yesterday afternoon the NHC and GFS model track shifted to that surfing scenario I was talking about in the Hurricane Irma path of destruction article from Monday morning from the forecast at that time. The path was for the storm to travel towards the southern gulf down by the everglades; the eye was forecast to travel up along the west Florida coastline. The thought of this intense storm making landfall through the west side of the state has created a mass buying frenzy. Continue reading Hurricane Preparedness: Hurricane Irma Barreling Down on Florida