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Hurricane Idalia Tropical Cyclone Update

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL102023

1000 PM EDT Tue Aug 29 2023



...IDALIA FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TONIGHT...

...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS LIKELY TOMORROW 

MORNING WHERE THE CORE OF IDALIA MOVES INLAND...

 

NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft data indicate

that Idalia has strengthened further. Maximum sustained winds have 

increased to 110 mph (175 km/h). The minimum pressure based on 

dropsonde data from the aircraft has fallen to 960 mb (28.35 

inches).



The National Hurricane Center has begun hourly position and 

intensity updates on Idalia. The hourly updates will continue as 

long as Idalia's eye is easily trackable in ground-based radar data.

 

SUMMARY OF 1000 PM EDT...0200 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...27.4N 84.6W

ABOUT 135 MI...215 KM WSW OF TAMPA FLORIDA

ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM S OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 10 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...29 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB...28.35 INCHES

 

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Forecaster D. Zelinsky/Pasch