Southeast Florida catches significant rain and wind from a frontal low as Tropical Storm Watches go up for portions of the Greater Antilles due to Potential Tropical Cyclone 22.
I forgot to mention, I’m only about four miles inland from the ocean. And how I know the feeder got moved...I have a camera secured to it for a citizen science project that I do, and I could tell when I looked at videos this morning it had moved. 😉
Here in Stuart, we actually had a recorded gust of 53 mph. I can’t believe the NWS is only showing more or less 30 mph gusts. They were *far* more than that; it was at least true mid tropical storm force winds! There were 56 mph gusts (42 steady) at 11:47 pm, and 64 mph gusts (55 steady) at 3:56 am recorded at the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge weather station. Winds were so strong, they broke off the top of a dying pine tree in the wetlands behind me, and even forced a caged platform bird feeder on a pole in my yard to go slightly off kilter.
I went out at about 11:00 last night with my anemometer (manual, handheld), in the front of my house, and while it was so gusty it nearly knocked me over, I only got 25-30 mph gusts at full force. (Too many obstacles/not high enough to record the *real* butt kickers 🫤). But gusts were very similar to when rain bands from an oncoming/passing hurricane come through.
I forgot to mention, I’m only about four miles inland from the ocean. And how I know the feeder got moved...I have a camera secured to it for a citizen science project that I do, and I could tell when I looked at videos this morning it had moved. 😉
Here in Stuart, we actually had a recorded gust of 53 mph. I can’t believe the NWS is only showing more or less 30 mph gusts. They were *far* more than that; it was at least true mid tropical storm force winds! There were 56 mph gusts (42 steady) at 11:47 pm, and 64 mph gusts (55 steady) at 3:56 am recorded at the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge weather station. Winds were so strong, they broke off the top of a dying pine tree in the wetlands behind me, and even forced a caged platform bird feeder on a pole in my yard to go slightly off kilter.
I went out at about 11:00 last night with my anemometer (manual, handheld), in the front of my house, and while it was so gusty it nearly knocked me over, I only got 25-30 mph gusts at full force. (Too many obstacles/not high enough to record the *real* butt kickers 🫤). But gusts were very similar to when rain bands from an oncoming/passing hurricane come through.