Chief Meteorologist at WFTV/WRDQ. Weather hound, busy dad and hubby. Helping folks
#hunkerdown
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You all are the absolute best. Please be careful over the next 24 hours at the coast! Flooding is likely tonight, along with strong winds. Thank you! MORE:
Our local impacts will depend on 3 things: The eventual track, the intensity (probably still a cat 4 nearby), and how big the eye of the storm gets. Lots of things to monitor very closely as the hurricane watches and later warnings are likely to spread up our east coast.
This is unlike any other storm I've covered.
#1
) Strongest ever to hit the Bahamas
#2
) Probably highest storm surge 18-23ft for this area
#3
) Stalled for almost a whole day (still not moving).
I'll be breaking out my simple 3 ingredient
#TexasQueso
dip for
#superbowlsunday
. Toss a block of Velveeta in crock pot, add 2 cans of Rotel, and fry up a pound of ground sausage, drain and add. Perfect every time.
Potential lows Friday morning include some upper 30s in northwest areas, a bunch of 40s, and some low 50s. Downtown Orlando will be around 50 degrees, but other parts of Orange and Seminole counties should sneak into the mid and upper 40s.
Twin sonic booms (harkening back to the Shuttle landing days) just moved through central Florida from the
#SpaceX
#Falcon9
launch! The shock wave started over 50 miles east of Orlando, and traveled at 760 mph our way!