Re: The NHC Experimental Cone
Posted by
Chris in Tampa on 9/24/2024, 1:45 pm
Tampa Bay local forecast office:
https://www.weather.gov/tbw/
It is for the coast too. If you do look at the 3 day experimental cone it does actually show the red along the coast. It's just very hard to see. Very hard. So for land areas at the coast there is a hurricane watch but for inland parts of those counties, there is only a tropical storm watch. And also a hurricane watch for coastal waters too.
The first part of the Hurricane Local Statement for our area (West Central and Southwest Florida) after the 11am EDT Tuesday advisory is...
Tropical Storm Helene Local Statement Advisory Number 5
FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165-239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-242330-
Tropical Storm Helene Local Statement Advisory Number 5
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL AL092024
1128 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024
This product covers West Central and Southwest Florida
**PTC 9 HAS NOW BEEN UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM HELENE**
NEW INFORMATION
---------------
* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- None
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A Storm Surge Watch and Hurricane Watch are in effect for
Coastal Citrus, Coastal Hernando, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal
Levy, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Pasco, Coastal Sarasota, and
Pinellas
- A Storm Surge Watch and Tropical Storm Watch are in effect for
Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee
- A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Inland Citrus, Inland
Hernando, Inland Levy, and Inland Pasco
- A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for DeSoto, Hardee, Inland
Charlotte, Inland Hillsborough, Inland Lee, Inland Manatee,
Inland Sarasota, Polk, and Sumter
So for Pinellas County for example, the entire county is under a hurricane watch. But those coastal watches would include the land at the coast. Not sure exactly how that is defined as for how far inland.
Clicking offshore in the water in a random area I get a hurricane watch that starts with...
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
1109 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024
GMZ830-850-853-870-873-876-242315-
/O.CON.KTBW.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
Tampa Bay waters-
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 NM-
1109 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2024
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
It's all a lot of information. Basically, don't be in the water and stay away from the coast. |
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