Tropics Update: PTC 9 forms in the Gulf of Mexico, expected to become major Hurricane Helene

[@2113rush]

That was one of the best TV forecasts, and explanations about the forecast at this early stage of the storm that I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen hundreds of them. Great job.

[@roykropp155]

Agree completely. Nicely organized and clearly presented. Thanks.

[@teller1290]

Never get that from the teenage clown show on my newscast in my Gulf Coast news.

[@ericwest4069]

You are the best at teaching us novices exactly what and why things are going to develop.

[@naimahsochi2683]

This was such a clear and great explanation! I honestly know so much more about storms and terminology. You gave great examples. ❤

[@dawnriddle-knowlton9932]

Most clear explanation heard so far. Thanks.

[@stillwaters4097]

People here in FL are not taking this seriously. I spent the day getting prepared

[@tracykingston9668]

You should move to Montana , they haven't any of those . Cheers.

[@scarter8137]

How do you know what others are doing? I have family there they are always pro active during hurricane season as most Floridians 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@flipflop8989]

Gatornado

[@SneakerHead-n7f]

Me too!! People were actually laughing at me!! I’m laughing at them!! Better safe than sorry.

[@zachdamery8284]

Welp many people in FL arent there to take anything serious. Same energy here in Charelston. Personally Im with it. Mother nature owes us nothin.

[@reggiesolomon2205]

He's thorough in his forecast.

[@HoulieMon]

Northern central Florida here . Boy this is going to suck ! Thankfully I don't live on the coast ! Pray for them that do !

[@scarter8137]

Once it enters Gulf we will get a better forecast 🤷🏼‍♀️ Definitely will keep an eye out !

[@121Corey121]

Be prepared.

[@tonyatonya4986]

Here we go again 🙄😠

[@controlcam820]

Your emoji says it all Lol

[@joshct9426]

Best meteorologist

[@coztod]

Very well explained and presented.

[@graceburrell8800]

Please Florida PROTECT YOUR PETS !

[@Brian-ek6no]

Log off lib

[@DavidRodriguez-ds5ds]

Awe, it's all for us Florida. Mother Nature is so generous.

[@donkeydan5996]

Best meteorologist out there

[@lockytorres7960]

Thank you for the information 😮

[@Brian1.]

Thanks Tim

[@johncormier646]

Gonna be a big storm about Cross City. The whole West Coast of FLA gonna get wet again. No where for that water to go. It's been raining here every day for two months Now would be a great time to look at land for sale. If it's wet you may want to re think it.

[@HelenLoveGod_]

this is so werid for me because the hurricane has my name TALLAHASSE PPL WHERE YALL AT!

[@stevenjones2371]

well i better get ready

[@rbnjr]

The problem with guessing wind speed that has not developed yet is it may never happen...other factors you have not mentioned may blow this thing out of the water and since hype is what you live for this area is a gold mine for you.

[@atl3630]

Amazing explanation 🎉

[@bradsterplayz7139]

Ian, idalia, Debby, now this

[@ClickBate69]

Debby was a cat 1

[@generoberts9151]

Irma

[@terrancechisolm4090]

Tally hear and tuned in

[@janinemuller5797]

Why has the weather reporters recently started using "cyclones"

[@reggiesolomon2205]

What can we expect in middle Georgia?

[@joyalvarez3653]

I have a radar in my cellphone and I've been wondering what's this thing spinning and now I know what spinning

[@jeffmorse645]

NE Florida. Hopefully be OK like with Idalia and Debby.

[@CassandraXI]

Sarasota is STILL under water!

[@Anne-fi2tc]

​@CassandraXI 😮😮😮

[@____longo____]

Once John moves out and Helene moves into the gulf there will be rapid intensification and a more powerful than “predicted” hurricane hitting anywhere between south Louisiana and key west Florida. Prepare for the worst and expect the least :) hope y’all have a great week

[@kattmilk]

I live on the SE coast of Florida. Should we expect any effects at all?

[@ericsutton570]

"(could be the) Ninth major hurricane to hit Florida since 2000" is incorrect. You are missing Ivan and I believe a couple others.

[@tpandajis]

Ivan did not make landfall in Florida, next…

[@ClipZ_Gaming_1]

Umm..I was a senior in high school during Ivan. We were out of school for a month, out of power for 2-3 weeks. The president was here talking to families, and people in surge areas lost everything. My high school yearbook had an entire section dedicated to that hurricane. It was a very slow hurricane which was why it caused so much damage. If you didn’t live through it and literally witness the damage first hand then maybe you should talk to some people who did. I came to find the comment about Ivan because I cannot understand how you wouldn’t classify that as major. Everyone in Pensacola remembers that storm and everyone had damage. The entire city was blue tarped for years in some cases. Pensacola isn’t Alabama. Yes, Ivan made landfall in Florida. I literally experienced it. Did you? From the internet..you know that thing you have access to. Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Ivan formed in early September, and reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS). Ivan caused catastrophic damage in Grenada as a strong Category 3 storm, heavy damage in Jamaica as a strong Category 4 storm, and then severe damage in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and the western tip of Cuba as a Category 5 hurricane. After peaking in strength, the hurricane moved north-northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Pensacola/Milton, Florida and Alabama as a strong Category 3 storm, causing significant damage. Ivan dropped heavy rain on the Southeastern United States as it progressed northeastward and eastward through the Eastern United States, becoming an extratropical cyclone on September 18. The remnant low of the storm moved into the western subtropical Atlantic and regenerated into a tropical cyclone on September 22, which then moved across Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and then into Louisiana and Texas, causing minimal damage. Ivan degenerated into a remnant low on September 24, before dissipating on the next day. Ivan caused an estimated US$26.1 billion (equivalent to $42 billion in 2023) in damage along its path, of which $20.5 billion occurred in the United States.

[@ClipZ_Gaming_1]

@@tpandajis Umm..I was a senior in high school during Ivan. We were out of school for a month, out of power for 2-3 weeks. The president was here talking to families, and people in surge areas lost everything. My high school yearbook had an entire section dedicated to that hurricane. It was a very slow hurricane which was why it caused so much damage. If you didn’t live through it and literally witness the damage first hand then maybe you should talk to some people who did. I came to find the comment about Ivan because I cannot understand how you wouldn’t classify that as major. Everyone in Pensacola remembers that storm and everyone had damage. The entire city was blue tarped for years in some cases. Pensacola isn’t Alabama. Yes, Ivan made landfall in Florida. I literally experienced it. Did you? From the internet..you know that thing you have access to. Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Ivan formed in early September, and reached Category 5 strength on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (SSHS). Ivan caused catastrophic damage in Grenada as a strong Category 3 storm, heavy damage in Jamaica as a strong Category 4 storm, and then severe damage in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, and the western tip of Cuba as a Category 5 hurricane. After peaking in strength, the hurricane moved north-northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Pensacola/Milton, Florida and Alabama as a strong Category 3 storm, causing significant damage. Ivan dropped heavy rain on the Southeastern United States as it progressed northeastward and eastward through the Eastern United States, becoming an extratropical cyclone on September 18. The remnant low of the storm moved into the western subtropical Atlantic and regenerated into a tropical cyclone on September 22, which then moved across Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, and then into Louisiana and Texas, causing minimal damage. Ivan degenerated into a remnant low on September 24, before dissipating on the next day. Ivan caused an estimated US$26.1 billion (equivalent to $42 billion in 2023) in damage along its path, of which $20.5 billion occurred in the United States.

[@tpandajis]

The graphic clearly states major hurricane landfalls in Florida. A major hurricane is category 3 or stronger. Ivan as a category 3 did not make landfall in Florida. Yes, it brought impacts to Florida but did not landfall there that is why it is not included in the list.

[@allen5381]

@@tpandajis It literally made landfall in ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla.

[@billyhndrsn4542]

What happened to the Pacific hurricane after it crosses southern Mexico ? Possibly into the gulf to reorganize ?

[@AutumnPeir]

Shoo Helene! go away.

[@dirtboy123100]

nice topee

[@allanvargas8155]

Most hurricanes go to the panhandle or Tampa area ? Wonder why ?

[@IAmMrRoss]

Science or whatever

[@karmasutra4774]

The gulf is shaped that way because of all the weathering effect due to hurricanes and weather patterns

[@allanvargas8155]

@@IAmMrRoss or "harp" ?

[@withoutaname-u3m]

@@IAmMrRoss🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IAmMrRoss]

@@allanvargas8155 ok

[@CassandraXI]

Residents in Sarasota are still under water from the last storm. Going to be interesting to see this as the end of Republican leadership in Florida especially after DeSantis just VETOED billions in statewide stormwater management. 😢😢😢 ​

[@Anne-fi2tc]

😮😮😮😮

[@angiepangie989]

Anyone actually paying attention hates Desantis but there's a whole lot of people who think Republicans are infallible here and it's worrisome.

[@kandikane528]

I have never seen a storm go east , go north then west. So is it coming back east when it’s all said and done???

[@SneakerHead-n7f]

All of this will change…

[@JohnSisk-kk7qb]

No fujiwhara from john

[@robertross922]

Guys it could intensify rapidly… or it might not. Of this I am certain.

[@ijkMp]

Pack your voter cards in plastic bags people!!!

[@FloridaInvestor]

To me th3 center now is south of Cayman.

[@lianaperez7788]

Next year hurricane name it Liana 😂😂

[@koalafox1111]

i got extra hotdogs

[@strawberryshortcake2471]

How do you name a storm before it's actually a storm. And how do you just jump to john for the actual hurricane in Mexico. Everyone forecast says possible strengthening, possible hurricane, possible everything before there was ever a cloud in the sky.

[@FloGrown863]

Frances?

[@ClickBate69]

That was 20 years ago

[@DypoMage]

☠💀

[@Jack-u2y6q]

Too much talk just get to the point

[@theman1412]

That’s what I thought too

[@brookelynnbby]

Lol you're really the only one who has complained about "too much talk" (besides the person who agreed with you here) Idk if it's because your brain is used to Tiktok and already having a short attention span or what.. But it's called *A* *Thorough* *Discussion* It's something people were able to do back in the day.... Oops i'm sorry, this comment was probably too long to read as well! 🫢🤭

[@theman1412]

@@brookelynnbby I NEVER watch Tik Tok ( I think it’s incredibly stupid). All I’m saying is a weather report only needs to be about 6 minutes. People want a timeline of when a hurricane will hit and where.

[@jasoncrawford7495]

All you forcast say florida it ain't even form you know where going 😅

[@RichardBradford-s4t]

Alll hype no worries make people spend unnecessary funds 😅

[@zl1David]

ok DeSantis.

[@markoaks8694]

Enough with the hurricane hype already. There is no TS out there and you folks are all but claiming there is one. No wonder people don't prepare for hurricanes after all the silly hype we are seeing. Apparently there is no news out there so let's hype the weather.

[@toniebrown3609]

You say there is no tropical system, I wish you were here with us right now as I stand here looking thru my window and watching the yard fill up with water and see a bit of horizontal rain from the wind gusts. George Town Cayman Islands.

[@mrs.intel2481]

Well we getting alot of rain already and tropical storms lately 🤔. So definitely not fake .

[@tomscott3]

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[@karmasutra4774]

Why would it go east and not towards gulf shores?