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Hurricane Idalia Tropical Cyclone Update

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL102023

400 AM EDT Wed Aug 30 2023



...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS EXPECTED IN THE 

FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION THIS MORNING WHEN IDALIA MOVES INLAND...

...4 AM POSITION UPDATE...



Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate 

that Idalia continues to rapidly intensify. The maximum sustained 

winds have increased to 125 mph (205 km/h) with higher gusts.



Idalia's pressure is dropping quickly. The estimated minimum 

pressure indicated by dropsonde data from an Air Force Reserve 

Hurricane Hunter aircraft is 941 mb (27.79 inches). 



NOAA buoy 42036 recently reported sustained winds of 56 mph (90 

km/h) and a wind gust to 82 mph (132 km/h) while Idalia's western 

eyewall moved just to the east of the buoy.



A C-MAN station on Cedar Key measured sustained tropical-storm-force 

winds within the past hour, with a gust to 47 mph (76 km/h).

 

SUMMARY OF 400 AM EDT...0800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...28.9N 84.1W

ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM WSW OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA

ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...27 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...941 MB...27.79 INCHES

 

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Forecaster D. Zelinsky