[Monday] Hurricane Ian Strengthening as it Tracks toward Cuba; Life-Threatening Conditions Expected

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[@pasterfrancis46]

God bless you for this update from Jamaica We got rain here,please be safe everyone God bless you all

[@magicsheepmom7790]

Thank you Levi! Your calm, easy-to-understand updates are invaluable every hurricane season. We appreciate you!

[@sanautin]

Thanks for the update, and stay safe to all those in Ian's path.

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[@hx3500]

Over the years, we've learned about Troughs (both low- and high-pressure systems), Depressions, Dry Air Masses, Wind Sheer, Vortices (I did not know that hurricanes tilt and are not always vertical) …. What else? ... We’ve also learned that Storm Surge is what kill most people and not the wind blowing at 150 mph…. The symbol and letters we see on this screen (beginning at Southwest Cuba and curving all the way up into Georgia) represents X=the eye or center of the storm, H=Hurricane, M=Major (Hurricane) S=Tropical Storm and D=Tropical Depression…. I will never stop watching this channel.

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[@sandrabentley8111]

He said. When the storm passes Cuba, it will either go North (worse case), or slightly West (better case).

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[@k1ng5urfer]

Stay safe and best of luck for everyone in FL and Cuba!

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Liqwid stay safe wishing you all the best

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Wish us luck! (from SW Florida)

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[@nham8875]

Very interesting to see how the models are shifting in each run. GFS is trending East while the Euro is trending West. Opposite of just a few days ago. I wonder if they are over correcting based on recent upper/mid/lower level wind patterns? Might be helpful for us to understand what each model considers more impactful in terms of steering flow.

[@christinecanty5409]

There is a cool front headed south this evening steering the storm further east.

[@sandrabentley8111]

@@christinecanty5409 No. He said the incoming cold front tries to push the storm down, meaning it comes from north to south and causes shear, which helps weaken the storm. North and North West eye wall would be strongest, it would be kept off shore.

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Hurricanes spawn many deadly tornado's and they are in fact a major concern for inland areas of hurricane impacts. Winds (especially associated winds) are a MAJOR danger along with flooding water.

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[@flthom1980]

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[@lk4864]

Euro model giving some good possibilities, hard not to hope they'll become the reality. Even harder when the Euro model is so often accurate. Excellent as always, doctor.

[@davidodaniel5493]

Euro model is giving me PTSD!! Hurricane Michael was brutal in my part of the state...no one ever mentions that Cat 5 monster.

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

Meteorology is so interesting when it's taught in this way. Very enjoyable and highly informative to those of us here in Manatee county. The storm track looks a little bit like Irma a few years ago and Charlie back in 04, although Charlie was a lot smaller, more like a large tornado than a small hurricane.

[@elizabethschneider297]

Hello @Tropical Tidbits, typically when storms stay out over the water, they may not necessarily strengthen, but are much slower to weaken. Will the air really be that dry to support confidence in the model of the storm staying out over the water, that it will weaken, and weaken quickly? If the storm manages to get to Cat 4 (or God forbid a 5...) that's a lot of energy that must be dissipated, therefore the storm will expand and become larger, and impacts will be more widespread. On top of the fact that if the storm gets very strong and moves slowly, the water is very efficient at moving the surge and waves, even if the storm were to weaken quickly, the storm surge could still be catastrophic. Either way it doesn't sound good, and I know from experience that strength of the storm is very important. Just wondering if it's really plausible for a storm over the Gulf of Mexico to rapidly weaken due to the dry air mass. I just thought that there was inflow at all different levels like with mesocyclones. Thanks for your input as always!

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[@nickp4961]

Many thanks for sharing all this potentially life saving information.

[@artemismoon7655]

Thank you for continuing to keep us informed. It will be interesting to see where things are at tomorrow.

[@JamaicanMeCrazy]

Lots of rain in Jamaica but we're ok

[@atlflgirl9634]

And as always your correct love you so much thank you I really wish so many others would listen to you!

[@karlfair]

Great report, thanks.

[@sweetdawg9979]

Thanks very much for this video, Levi. Great job.

[@commanderrussels2612]

After Cuba is generally when these low ones get a better forecast. We could get lucky and this will weaken and move outward. In my Florida-born experience we have to wait.

[@codykollmar154]

I'm in Bradenton Fl right on the tampa bay. Stores are bare and gas is running dry. People seem to be taking it seriously.

[@Anticrap-b1e]

Great info… I don’t bother with the MSM commentary anymore. I just want information not Sensationalism based on Catastrophe Porn. These hurricanes are bad enough without that

[@afh7689]

Looks like this just might be the big one Tampa Bay has feared for years! Last couple of GFS runs showing a jog to the east into Pinellas County are just about a worst case scenario for Tampa Bay for storm surge as it would place the eye just north of the mouth of the bay with the southern eyewall (winds blowing east) pushing the largest surge possible into the bay, especially if the eye makes a jog northwest into Pinellas rather than move north along the barrier islands of Sarasota and Manatee Counties. For those not local, the last major hurricane to strike Tampa Bay directly was a century ago in October 1921 (this doesn't include major hurricanes that made landfall elsewhere in the state and were down to TS, or Cat 1 or 2 by the time they passed over the bay area after travelling over land). I don't think any hurricane has made landfall on the central West Coast of Florida (so Sarasota County up to Citrus County) in a few decades (1980s??). Hurricane Ivan paralleled the coast as a major hurricane in 2005 bringing a few outer bands but passed much further west than Ian will pass and there have been a couple Category 1 hurricanes off shore also bringing some outer bands.

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Happily surprised to see this video! Thanks!

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Come on Dr Cowan, we need an update today Tuesday. You are our best source of info. PLEASE ???

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[@metalmilitia89]

I’m from Tampa. Left on a cruise to the Bahamas. Whatever happens happens

[@scottanno8861]

that's one way to weather the storm

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Thank you, Levi. Very informative.

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Thank you, from Tampa!

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Thanks again Dr Levi Cowen

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Update!

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[@TheCerone13]

Just a quick question. Dont storms that sit in the gulf increase in strength due to the warm waters?

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You're very good at this sir.

[@reneesheppard1901]

Hi Levi Hope you are having a bless day I was wondering what does this all mean for the east coast of Florida. I live in Ormond beach . Thank you for all you do. Be Safe

[@tessierrr]

This thing looking NASTY, stay safe everyone in the path 🙏

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Thank you!

[@floridafireandflood8284]

Done watching mike. You're a lot less emotional. Thank you

[@pauhanacamano]

Great presentation, sitting here on the west coast of Florida, we need all the info we can get.

[@ChrisDembinsky]

Can you make some videos, during the off-season that explain how you process the data on the backend and GFS Ensembles and the GEPS Ensembles are so different. Maybe explain some of the differences in the different models.

[@kennycarter5682]

can only imaigne how the hurricane would be without the cold front and trough..... id have a problem in pensacola...

[@alphug67]

thank you Levi!

[@ikeswp4959]

Thanks Levi checking in from cedar key Florida 🇺🇸

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[@titanbrew8493]

Waiting here in Cape Coral FL, thank you!

[@craigthomas540]

Excellent!

[@mesomebody5017]

I was hoping for an evening update Monday night but guess you are waiting until after Ian crosses over Cuba.

[@platypus1926]

Based on past data, which model has shown to be more correct in tracking; the GFS or the Euro?

[@celenealexandra9319]

Thank you very much

[@mygirl1129]

Shear. Shear. Shear. Take care of everyone, everyone. ☺️

[@zedsez]

CNN "Ian could be 'something that we haven't seen in our lifetime'"..... I feel that is WAY exaggerated.

[@donnahalperin2840]

Watching this in 2024 in Englewood, Fl which got walloped by Ian. That sucker changed course so quick. We had no clue. Neither did Ft Myers. No one forecast that one right😢

[@georgepickett7210]

Why will the north west part of the eye wall be the strongest? I would assume it would be the north east eye wall, given it’s counter-clockwise spin. Thanks for the great content

[@Tropical-Tidbits]

There are a couple reasons, but one is that the hurricane's rotation moves the updrafts to the left of the shear direction. So if shear is pushing toward the northeast, the strongest part of the eyewall will be offset counterclockwise toward the north or northwest.

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Guys what about Melbourne area no body talk about this area ?!?

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Heading toward Big Bend imo

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Geology Hub is the volcanism info equivalent to this channel. Better vocals here, but content wise for sure.

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Yeah, the updates on the hunga-tunga-haapai eruption was excellent... it just sounds like I'm listening to a spam call :P

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@@sebastianmarquez3014 Right? 🤣

[@TheGGG12]

*Steeeeeeen-hatchee*

[@stormmccree8238]

The gfs/euro flip is weird. Bet it’ll bounce west at some point