NOAA has published a remarkable tool to allow you to look at #HurricaneIAN damage in Florida and beyond.
This image shows the heart of the coverage of the satellite data - From Naples up to Venice. Imagery reveals how concentrated extreme damage is. oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sep22/ngs…
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Still Fort Meyers.
Sanibel Island.
Sanibel Causeway
Naples
Punta Gorda area including up Peace River
Port Charlotte
Further inland the wind damage is more random, and it is clear that the extent of damage depends on the construction of buildings. Trailer Parks are particularly badly effected. But not all.
This Trailer Park on the right is in Fort Meyers town, up river - and appears in ok shape. The image on the left is adjacent to it and shows extensive wind damage to trees.
Here's an area of mobile/moveable homes in Venice.
In the third image here it looks as if a tornado touched down -and completely smashed a handful of dwellings.
Also in Venice this area is by the sea - larger houses minimal sign of damage. Note that Venice is a quite a long way north of Fort Meyers.
This is from an area in between Venice and Fort Meyers and shows the conrtrast in damage between three areas of housing.
And it seems the procedure depends on which rule it is under - in this case Rule 144 "Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law" (screenshot of text below)
RULES of the EP >> europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…
@NHC_Atlantic is dispatching a second reconnaissance mission to investigate the disturbance off the coast of Venezeula as the storm approaches open water after spending several hours partially over land.
@NHC_Atlantic A comprehensive discussion has now been released by @NHC_Atlantic [ nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/M…] providing an insight into what the experts expecting from this tropical tropical wave, which has been given a rare "Near 100%" probability of becoming #HurricaneJulia.
The long range Hurricane Hunter mission will determine amid all the noisy convection whether the storm has a clear circulation - which it needs to progress from being a wave to become a disturbance or a Tropical Storm - at which point it will get a name.
@NHC_Atlantic At present the GFS shows #HurricaneJulia making formal landfall at 6am local time Sunday, with modest winds for a hurricane. Heavy, flood and slip causing rains however will arrive well ahead of landfall and by midday Sunday the center of the storm will cover all of Nicaragua.
Large storms of this kind are very dangerous from a flooding perspective as the rain will be persistent for a long time. This is a seven day ECMWF model rain forecast Nicaragua and Honduras it gives rough idea of how much rain may fall. I.E. a lot - continuously, everywhere.
My premature assumption on this was so very very wrong. I missed the big picture. Once it gets organised after sun rise this entire 2.8 million km2 complex of storms is moving west together, orchestrated by the #PC13L tropical wave/disturbance.
This #RAAMB microwave imagery shows a circular feature, the majority of which is over land. I'm guessing this is a tool to identify the center under all the cloud.
If so then the center should be back over clear water fairly soon.
This is where #Cyclone13L made landfall, as it was only a few short hours old, it probably did not cause too much damage. But someone should probably check.
This is roughly the direction in was heading in. The NHC thought it was heading west - north west, but the Infra Red imagery now suggests otherwise.