The 2022 hurricane season will be above-normal, according to predictions from tropical weather forecasters at AccuWeather. Michael had already torn across the Florida Panhandle, and, as evening fell. Emergency Communications Procedures for Hurricane. FCC Activates Disaster Information Reporting for Hurricane Michael. FCC Assistance for Hurricane Michael Emergencies Available 24/7. Wireline Competition Bureau Reminds Providers of Numbering Waiver During Hurricane Season. Later that day, a ship report in the eastern eyewall reported a minimum central pressure of 965 mbar (28. Indicators are pointing to a higher-than-average hurricane season for 2022. Hurricane Michael hit Southwest Georgia with unexpected force on Oct. Hurricane Michael Disaster Reporting Extended to Additional Counties. Needless to say, the storm will have serious consequences for Florida (and downstream states such as Georgia) during the remainder of this week. Unexpectedly, Michael began to rapidly intensify on October 19 while in extratropical transition. Peak seas are currently near 7 ft with fresh winds N of the low.
The coastline will be changed for decades, AccuWeather Vice President of Forecasting and Graphics Operations Marshall Moss said. 'Notable' hurricanes listed here are based on extensive damage, numerous fatalities, or extreme strength. A Category 4 hurricane has never struck that part of Florida. A day later, Michael strengthened into the seventh hurricane of the Atlantic season, with 75 mph winds. Tracks of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Hurricane tracks are courtesy of NOAA and the National Hurricane Center. Undergoing a spate of rapid intensification, which is not unusual under these ideal conditions for hurricanes to strengthen, Michael has gone from a 40mph tropical storm on 1pm Sunday to a 120mph major hurricane as 5pm on Tuesday. The 1012 mb remnant low of former tropical cyclone Estelle is centered near 24N132.5W. Tropical Depression 14 became Tropical Storm Michael on Oct. On Monday and Tuesday, the storm has taken advantage of low wind shear-allowing it to maintain a tight circulation and organized vertical structure-as well as warm, late-summer waters in the Gulf of Mexico to intensify. The most probable landfall location is near Panama City, but even less than 24 hours before landfall, the average position error is 30 to 40 miles.
As forecasters have suggested for the last day or so, Michael will make landfall on Wednesday, likely during the afternoon hours, along the Florida Panhandle. Michael became a major hurricane on Tuesday afternoon as it zipped northward across the eastern Gulf of Mexico.