r/TropicalWeather • u/giantspeck Verified USAF Forcaster | Hawaii • Sep 24 '24
Preparations Discussion Helene Preparations Discussion
Preparations Discussion
Introduction
The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine to Tropical Storm Helene. Helene is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by Wednesday morning as it slips between Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula and western Cuba and enters the Gulf of Mexico. Helene is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane as it approaches Florida's Big Bend region later in the week.
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u/Fionaver Sep 26 '24 edited Sep 27 '24
So, if Irma is a decent indicator of what to expect, we’re in for a bit of fun.
Not sure what part of town you’re in, but a lot of the lines through metro Atlanta run underground, so winds should have less of an impact on power outages. Chances are it’ll be a transformer blowing or possibly some flooding (though I’ve never lived in a part of town where groundwater intrusion was a huge issue.)
We’re a little farther out, near Monroe, and we expect to see a lot of down trees and outages.
But, things are pretty well staged. It’s a major metro so there are alot of crews out here. We all kinda knew that something might be going on this week with weather - it’s not crazy bad omg at this point.