Hurricane Irma continues to churn just off the coast of Cuba. It is fixing to start the turn to the NW and then north up the east side of Florida and is now expected to make landfall somewhere south of Tampa and track inland up through south Georgia to just east of Columbus and then into NE Alabama. This is a tad further west than what was showing on Friday but it doesn’t change much of what we can expect on Monday.
So what is that?
– High winds gusting to 50 mph or higher at times. Higher elevations could be higher.
– Heavy rain on the order of 2-4 inches.
– Power outages from downed trees due to high winds.
– Isolated threat of a tornado that would develop and move very rapidly.
Timing is rain should move in near sunrise Monday give or take an hour or so. Winds should be gusting to near 30 in the AM hours and gradually increase through the day peaking late afternoon into the early night. It does appear the worst might arrive a little earlier so hopefully it will be over for the most part before midnight Monday.
At this point in time I would be very surprised if something happened to change this forecast for the better as we are inside 48 hours now. So do what you need to do Sunday in preparation for potential high winds and or power outages.
I post more updates as necessary on Sunday. So in the meantime enjoy our breezy day coming up before Monday arrives.
Jason
Go dawgs
Go Georgia Bulldogs!
Torona Poore Reynolds
Thank you very much for the update!
Thanks Jason. Keep the updates coming!
Thanks, it is still not totally certain whether it will go up Atlantic or Gulf Coast of FL, this is a strange one!
It’s going up the gulf side thats for sure
Then inland west side of FL peninsula and track north towards Tallahassee
Thank you!
Nigel Benson
Ugh, stay safe you guys and maybe check in when you can? 💜
Honestly, I think we’re too far north. Neither of us have had any warnings to not come into work. We keep seeing flash flood warnings online, but we’re on the top of a hill so I’m sure we’ll be okay. It’s supposed to happen here at night between Monday and Tuesday morning. We will see, definitely keep you updated
Samantha, ok love you guys.
Matt Garnto
Thank you!
Scott Abernathy
Really appreciate the local info!!
Very breezy up here near Amicalola already…but nice. Thanks for the update.
Stay safe everyone! My Corinthian chimes are singing loudly today!
Stay safe Don and Sharon Nading!!
Just posted an update