Hunter just measured 926.8 mb, damn near Cat 5

That pressure easily supports Cat 5. Just saw someone post elsewhere that Andrew was at 922mb.

This station shows the tide level in the big bend area. It isn't going to get the brunt of the storm, but you can clearly see the water stacking from the continuous on shore flow and surge beginning. Note that high/low tide doesn't seem to matter much as the water is just steadily rising. Will be interesting to watch even as far away from landfall as it will be.

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So, I have a friend who lives a couple blocks from the beach in Panama City. He decides it is safer on the 14th floor of a beach side condo. He just recently posted fb photos of the waves hitting the condo pool below. Eeek.

Hunter aircraft
indicate that maximum sustained winds are near 145 mph

You should repost a few of those here.

right? Goddamn what an idiot.

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Now at 150 MPH

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And 923mb

Do they still give Darwin awards?

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Eye over land now. FB message from friend: "My friends and I are safe in the stairwell of a high rise. this storm is serious. If I stepped outside, I'd be blown down the street like a paper cup. powerful." I'm safe, but one doesn't want to ever be in a storm like this".

919mb with 155mph wind at land fall. Mexico Beach got the eastern eye wall and Tyndall AFB the western. Right over St Andrew sound. Last observation of equipment was 129mph at Tyndall an hour ago.

Edited: 10/10/2018 at 10:52 AM by miker

I bet some beautiful beaches got torn in half. so sad....

looks like your buddy in PCB may be all good man, the weather channel chick was there and it didn't look at that bad

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Hurricane Michael Discussion Number 17
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL142018
400 PM CDT Wed Oct 10 2018

Data from an Air Force Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft and
NWS WSR-88D radar data showed that Michael continued to strengthen
until it made landfall around 1730 UTC (12:30 PM CDT) along the
coast of the Florida Panhandle between Mexico Beach and Tyndall Air
Force Base. The aircraft found peak 700-mb flight-level winds of
152 kt during its final pass through southeast eyewall just before
Michael made landfall. There were SFMR measurements of 132-138 kt,
but the validity of those observations are questionable since they
occurred in shallow water and were flagged. The landfall intensity
was estimated at 135 kt (155 mph), which makes Michael the strongest
hurricane to make landfall in the continental U.S. since Andrew
(1992). The minimum pressure at landfall was estimated at 919 mb,
which is the third lowest landfall pressure in the United States. A
University of Florida/Weatherflow observing site measured a minimum
pressure of 920.2 mb.

The tide gauge I linked above showed the steadily building water height prior to landfall. If you look at the data, you will see a rapid rise of water during landfall despite the eye of the storm being way away, like 80+ miles. It rose 3 feet in 6 minutes and continued to rise further to 11.84 ft above mean tide. I saw some footage of Mexico Beach with surge up to roofs and over many as well.

Mexico Beach carnage
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theepochtimes.com/video-hurricane-michael-slams-mexico-beach-florida_2686322.html/amp

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Edited: 10/10/2018 at 05:24 PM by Mr. Long

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2018-10-10-hurricane-michael-impacts-florida-gulf-coast

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Waiting for waves is ok......most people spend their lives waiting for nothing.

I have actually surfed Mexico Beach on a clean little log wave. I can only imaging how that little town must look today.

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