As Tropical Storm Nicole intensifies, Florida authorities have issued mandatory evacuations in some areas with closures of schools, airports, etc. The possible hurricane will have a high impact in some coastal areas of Florida
LAST MINUTE: November 10, 2022. Nicole It is already a hurricane near the coast of Florida with enormous dimensions:
“Tropical Storm Nicole poses a direct threat to property and lifeVolusia County Manager George Recktenwald said in a news release. “Residents must take this storm seriously“.
Tropical Storm Nicole will intensify to a Category 1 hurricane
Nicole is getting better organized and gaining strength. It is located about a few hundred kilometers east of the northeastern Bahamas and drifts west. Nicole has a great wind field and is already felt on the Florida coast. Tropical storm conditions are beginning to spread across the northwestern Bahamas and portions of the east coast of Florida.
Were still nearly 24 hours from landfall and tropical storm force wind gusts have already reached the east coast of Florida. The wind field on #Nicole is massive
Powerful waves continue to build offshore. pic.twitter.com/EOlyoHJT3X
— Chad Crilley (@ChadCWX) November 9, 2022
According to the NHC, at 0600 UTC on November 9, 2022, the center of Tropical Storm Nicole was 465 km east of Florida and was moving west-southwest near 18 km/h approaching the Bahamas and Florida. .
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 110 km/h with higher gusts.
Some strengthening is expected during the next few hours, and it is forecast that Nicole will become a hurricane tonight and will remain a hurricane when it reaches the east coast of Florida.
Nicole is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane near the northwestern Bahamas on Wednesday, November 9, maintain that intensity until it makes landfall along Florida’s Atlantic coast sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Nicole is forecast to make landfall in Florida as a hurricane, generating coastal flooding, high winds, rough seas and storm surge. Its effects will be felt before Nicole’s core hits the ground.
The storm surge will be intense and along with rough seas will cause very very damaging effects:
11/08 4pm EST: A dangerous storm surge from #Nicole is expected along much of the east coast of FL & portions of coastal GA where a Storm Surge Warning is in effect. The storm surge will be accompanied by large & damaging waves. Please listen to advice from local officials. pic.twitter.com/FMXRJEDJGq
— NHC Storm Surge (@NHC_Surge) November 8, 2022
In Florida, the damage caused by the powerful hurricane Ian category 4 when it affected end of september 2022 the western coast of the Peninsula with devastating and deadly effects.
Huge area of high seas generated by #Nicole affecting the SW N Atlc and offshore waters of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Seas 20 ft and greater in yellow hatched area, and 30 ft and greater in small red zones. Nicole to move westward across the NW Bahamas today. #marinewx pic.twitter.com/OqjYah0VxB
— NHC_TAFB (@NHC_TAFB) November 9, 2022
