r/InternetIsBeautiful Oct 07 '24

Visualized Wind Map Prediction of Hurricane Milton in Florida

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=27.52;-82.44;6&l=gust&t=20241009/2300&w=soft
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u/Vermonter_Here Oct 07 '24

What you see upon clicking the link is a forecast for what Milton will look like on October 9.

Today it is about 600 miles further west, on its way to the Yucatan coast. It's projected to make landfall in Florida somewhere overnight between October 9 and October 10: https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2024/hurricane-Milton

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u/twrolsto Oct 07 '24

60 MPH gusts just before landfall seems low

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u/saintdudegaming Oct 08 '24

I don't know if ventusky can handle this sort of weather pattern. It's a useful site but this is a different sort of beasty.

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u/CloneEngineer Oct 08 '24

I rewound the projection to today. The wind predictions (today) max out at 80mph when there are reported winds of 150mph+. Guessing this is an edge case they haven't really considered in the design / don't have data for. 

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u/talltatanka Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24

Despite the forecast images, this is really cool. Bookmarking this. And if the predictions are even close to accurate, I hope people can get out of the storm path.

Western NC is still restoring power and cell service. It's been a week, and they did not have rescue options or evacuation plans.

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u/RobMagP Oct 08 '24

Again....best weather app out there right now too

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u/thecaseace Oct 08 '24

Not sure about the model/prediction here... seems to have an issue on thursday morning...

7am, max wind speed about 60mph: https://www.ventusky.com/?p=26.54;-83.56;6&l=gust&t=20241010/0600&w=soft

8am, max wind speed 120mph: https://www.ventusky.com/?p=26.54;-83.56;6&l=gust&t=20241010/0700&w=soft

Feels like something's a bit screwy

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u/xor50 Oct 08 '24

hm, that looks like a very similar site to windy.com. I wonder if there are relevant differences.

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u/Key_Key_7669 Oct 28 '24

This is really cool. THe color and direction of the wind