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9/11 – Irma’s Highest Gusts and Power Outage

Hope all of my readers in Florida are doing well. I lost power early Sunday morning and still do not power. In Broward there is about an 85% outage in the county for power according to their website.

Here are the highest gusts in the NWS Miami service area from Irma. 87mph for Pompano:

Preliminary Wind Gust Reports From Hurricane Irma…
Location Speed

2 ENE Naples 142 MPH

1 E Marco Island 130 MPH

1 S Marco Island 129 MPH

2 SSW Quail Creek Estates 112 MPH

Fiddlers Creek 99 MPH

1 W Ochopee 96 MPH

8 SSE Key Biscayne 93 MPH

6 SSE Princeton 93 MPH

Ilnternational Airport 91 MPH

4 SSE Miami Beach 91 MPH

4 W Royal Palm Ranger 91 MPH

2 ESE Lake Worth 90 MPH

7 WNW Inlikita 90 MPH

6 SSW North Blocks Golde 89 MPH

2 ENE Lake Worth 89 MPH

Pompano Beach Airpark Airpor 87 MPH

2 SW Key Biscayne 87 MPH

2 NE Dania Beach 85 MPH

Juno Beach 84 MPH

2 E Liberty City 84 MPH

2 ESE Miramar 84 MPH

Naples 83 MPH

3 WNW Key Biscayne 82 MPH

1 NE Perrine 82 MPH

Dania Beach 81 MPH

3 SSW Miami Beach 79 MPH

1 E Dania Beach 79 MPH

1 NE Boca Raton 79 MPH

1 NNW Ocean Ridge 78 MPH

1 NNW Doral 77 MPH

2 SE Jupiter 77 MPH

Oasis Ranger Station 77 MPH

Opa Locka Airport 77 MPH

15 W Boca Raton Equestrian 76 MPH

1 S Ortona 75 MPH

1 SSE Riviera Beach 75 MPH

1 NW Miles City 75 MPH

Fort Lauderdale Executive Ai 74 MPH

11 SE Brighton Seminole 74 MPH

3 SW Brighton 73 MPH

5 E Okee Tantie Recreation A 73 MPH

10 WNW Pahokee 73 MPH

8 W Pahokee 71 MPH

2 N Key Biscayne 71 MPH

8 N Dade-collier Train 71 MPH

1 ENE Lely 71 MPH

1 NW Sunrise 70 MPH

2 ESE Fort Lauderdale 70 MPH
I will post more when I am able. Be safe during your cleanup!

9/9 – Hurricane Irma, Afternoon Update

Irma is winding up again and we should see some strengthening as we go into the evening. Barometric pressure has dropped two millibars in the past couple hours according to recon.

So far the highest wind gusts in Pompano has been 36mph earlier this morning. We will see much higher as we head into tonight. Our peak winds will occur tomorrow afternoon, roughly between noon and 6pm. As of now we should see sustained winds between 50-65mph and gusts to just above hurricane force. Continue checking back for further updates.

Latest wind gusts from today across south Florida:

Currently these are the watches and warning for Pompano Beach:

Hurricane Warning / Storm Surge Warning / Tornado Watch / Flood Watch

Next advisory and forecast package will be out at 5pm and will update there after.

9/9 – Hurricane Irma, Morning Update

The 8am intermediate advisory now have Irma’s winds at 130mph due to land interaction with Cuba. Irma is still moving towards the west at 12mph. Irma is still a very dangerous category 4 storm, even for the east coast of Florida. Take this morning as your final chance to get your preparedness plans complete.

Current satellite image of Irma

Though we may not see the strongest part of the storm, we are going to have strong effects depending on the ultimate path of Irma.

I will be posting throughout the day here and on Twitter. If you have any questions please reach out to me at @pompanowx on Twitter or the contact box on this site.

Stay safe and be ready.

NWS Forecast, with Windspeeds, as of Friday Morning

This is very subject to change but here is the latest NWS forecast for Pompano:

Coastal Broward-

Including the cities of Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale,

Fort Lauderdale Beach, and Hollywood Beach

522 AM EDT Fri Sep 8 2017
…HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT…

…STORM SURGE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST MONDAY…
.TODAY…Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms this morning…then a chance of showers and

thunderstorms this afternoon. Breezy with highs in the upper 80s.

Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

.TONIGHT…Tropical storm conditions possible with hurricane

conditions also possible. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening…then showers likely with a chance

of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 80s. Northeast

winds 25 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

.SATURDAY…Tropical storm conditions expected with hurricane

conditions possible. Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the

upper 80s. Northeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph…

increasing to 35 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph in the

afternoon. Chance of rain 90 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Hurricane conditions expected. Showers with a

slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s. Northeast

winds 45 to 55 mph with gusts up to 75 mph…becoming east and…

increasing to 50 to 70 mph with gusts up to 90 mph after

midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.

.SUNDAY…Hurricane conditions possible. Showers and

thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 65 to 80 mph

with gusts up to 100 mph…becoming south 55 to 75 mph with gusts

up to 90 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 80 percent.
And putting this is graphic format:

Hurricane Warning Now in Effect

Hurricane Warning in effect from September 7, 11:01 PM EDT

Storm Surge Warning in effect from September 7, 11:01 PM EDT

More frequent posts and updates will begin tomorrow.

Watching Irma

Trying to post more frequently as Irma approaches south Florida. A couple links for the most up to date information on Irma can be found on the National Hurricane Center’s website, which at times has been a bit slow to load today. Another great site is Weather Undergroud’s tropical section that updates as the NHC issues advisories and statements.

Also please follow this site on Twitter updates as well.

For those in south Florida please take the time to prepare for Irma! In the meantime enjoy my picture from Target tonight of the lack of bread items.

A Few Notes About Irma – Too Early to Tell

I have received a few calls and emails this afternoon and evening about Irma. All of us want to know where it will go, and when, and how strong. The honest answer to all of those questions is that it is still too early to tell. There are so many factors that we do not know yet that the best answer to just to be ready. Ready as we all should be at the start of hurricane season.

There is a lot of misinformation I have seen tonight and it clouds the real story for those who may not know what it is like to experience a hurricane or are just confused. Some examples:

Irma is to be a category 6 – there is no such thing and the NHC, WMO, or any organization will not just come up with a new standard in middle of a season.

Irma is going to obliterate a city – we do not know where it will go, and no idea of how strong, Again just a way to get us to click a link. Do not do it.

Stick to the sources you know and trust. And when in doubt the National Hurricane Center will give you the official word along with your local National Weather Service office. For those of us in south Florida that would be the Miami office.

I enjoy sharing my thoughts, my forecasts, and my opinions on our weather but would never want to confuse my readers or contradict official sources. I will always do my best to respond to your tweets and questions along with providing relevant information.

So for Irma, the best we can do right now is stay informed. Check in on the storm’s progress a few times a day as we go into this week. Pick up any supplie you may not have or might be low on. Especially batteries and water since they are always in short supply as a storm nears. There is no need to panic, just prepare at this point.

Oh, and here is the latest on Irma from the National Hurricane Center as of 8pm tonight. Advisories and official track forecasts are issued at 5am/pm and 11am/pm.

Check back tomorrow for more.

9/3 – Mostly Dry, Clouds, and Warmth. Watching Irma

We are starting this Sunday off at 79F in Pompano with some clouds. Today should be much like yesterday with a couple stray showers along the coast, more inland and on the west coast. High today 91F. The latest HRRR shows the area’s highs looking like this:

Continuing our summer trend into the first couple days of meteorological Fall is that we are still, running slightly above average for our lows while our highs are just about average.

IRMA – too early for anything except to be prepared. I am confident that there will be a hurricane in the Atlantic moving towards the United States. Whether there will be a direct impacts or not cannot be determined this far out. We will all be watching as this storm evolves and by Tuesday there could be some scientific confidence of track and areas that could be more or less in the path. Until then, be aware that Irma is out there and stay informed through reliable media. There is plenty of mis-information out there. Here is the latest forecast for the NHC.

Enjoy the day and I will have an update on Labor Day.

8/26 – Flood Watch Until 8PM, Showers Expected Today

The Flood Watch continues today through today as a tropical disturbance currently located near Tampa begins to move off to the northeast. Like yesterday, not an all day rain but when showers do setup expect the rain to linger for a while. So not the best outdoors day.

Highs today will be 89F with mostly cloudy skies and at this moment looking at about the same tomorrow.

Here is this morning’s surface analysis showing Hurricane Harvey in southern Texas and the tropical disturbance near Tampa (L).

Enjoy the day!

8/13 – Typical Summer Day Ahead, TD 8 Forms

I think this is about as normal as a summer day can get for Pompano. Starting off at 82F with mostly clear skies our temp will climb to 90F as we have some showers and thunderstorms develop this afternoon. Nothing widespread but they will be around.

This pattern will continue for the next week with no exceptional chances of rain or temperature variation. As seen in the latest GEFS output temps looks very predicatiable,

TD8 formed yesterday and is expected to strengthen. This system will pose no direct threat to Florida or at this time the east coast. The latest NHC forecast keeps the system well off the coast and away from any land areas.