This hurricane Matthew is damn scary - have you seen the path?

[LynneSin]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT14/refresh/AL1416W5_NL+gif/154742W5_NL_sm.gif

It's going to circle right back around and hit everything a 2nd time. That's fricking scary. It's one thing if it's just going up the coast and everyone gets hit once. But if it goes back and hits area already under water that could become really nasty!

[teach1st]

1. He'll become a tropical storm heading south

Most likely he'll eventually dissipate before any loop is completed. That's what my trusted, local meteorologist said in a live chat last night. Of course, anything can happen, so it's very wise to pay close attention to updates.

Stay safe, fellow Floridians!

[LynneSin]

2. Or this could happen

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/weather/hurricanes/could-hurricane-matthew-collide-with-tropical-stor/nsmH3/

Could Hurricane Matthew interact with Tropical Storm Nicole?

As Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the Florida coast, forecasters now predict that the storm will go back into the Atlantic and head back toward us.

Named after a Japanese meterologist, this phenomenon can happen when tropical cyclones are less then 900 miles between each other.

If one storm is stronger and bigger than the other, it will simply “abosrb” the storm. But if they are both of similar strengths the two will move around their common mid-point and “dance” around each other, according to weather.about.com.

And the maps we both show only show thru Tuesday, that doesn't mean the storm will die on Tuesday, it's just a 5-day map. Tomorrow we'll see Wednesday of next week on the path.

[teach1st]

3. Just relaying what a few meteorologist have told me

They qualified this last night by saying the models don't know what to do with Matthew after Sunday. They discounted a possible Fujiwara effect. They could be wrong.

[Yonnie3]

4. Interesting ...

Nicole's path is moving around in a circular area in the forecast I just viewed. Tuesday evening Matthew is forecast to have 40 kt winds and Nicole 46 kt winds. Nicole and Matthew are forecast to be about 900 mi. apart then (my rough estimate).

I think that the accuracy of the position forecasts are not too good out a few days with these circular routes.

It will be interesting to watch how things come together or not.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Hurricane co-mingling.

Def a product of climate change.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Tropical storms can dump incredible amounts of water.

Even if it comes back on Fla. as a Tropical storm, it will be horrible for those trying to recover from the first hit.

[teach1st]

8. Tropical storm

Yes, it would be bad. But there is too much wind shear predicted currently for it to be strong. Right now, Matthew is forecast to have 40 mph winds next Wednesday as it travels south through the loop, roughly at Cape Canaveral's latitude. It appears at this time it would affect extreme South Florida and the Keys, both of which will not have been affected by Matthew compared to Central and North Florida. Of course, all of this can change. Here in Florida, we are good at watching carefully, but we know not to become too complacent or too anxious about longer-term forecasts.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. I'm concerned it could cross over into the Gulf and become a Christian storm.

You know....born again....as a hurricane.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison dumped 35 inches of rain

on Houston. It was AWFUL. Thousands of flooded homes. Flooding in the medical center destroying years of research. Floating 18 wheelers. It was just very slow moving, just laying down inches of rain in the same place.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. If that happens, decades of right-wing local government mockery

of flooding zone construction is about to be exposed.

[hibbing]

9. My niece and her kids are in the path

I'm really scared about it. Her husband is out of town and all flights are cancelled. She had to wait forever to get sandbags, not sure what the heck she will do with those, but hopefully this thing will dissipate or head out to the ocean.

I wish the best to everyone in this path.

Peace