The Tornadoes, Cyclones, Hurricanes & Typhoons Thread.

Anyone actually looked at real-time windspeeds at local weather stations on the ground? Not even remotely close to these speeds being quoted.
 
Cage Rattler said:
Anyone actually looked at real-time windspeeds at local weather stations on the ground? Not even remotely close to these speeds being quoted.
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They're probably lying flat on the ground and thus a bit inaccurate
 
wingnut771 said:
Probably have to wait for the eye?
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The eye is quite small (15km), and wind speeds decrease rapidly away from the center. Jamaica is 235km long, and large parts will only experience cat 1 winds.

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Edit: Satellite image superimposed over Jamaica:
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Damage assesment will take time, but it is mostly confined to the western half of Jamaica:
We’ve spent the day on the road. When we were leaving Kingston, we saw minimal damage, some structures torn down, trees strewn across roads and gardens.

However, it wasn’t until we went into central Jamaica that we started to see how severely the island was hit.

By the time we got to Mandeville we could see the place was, for want of a better word, flattened.

There was what I assume was a petrol station, but when we saw it, the roof was gone and so were most of the pumps.

The main road that runs through the town is littered in debris, foliage is stuck to everything and bits of building material were scattered along the road.

Right now is the rapid assessment phase - the government will be wanting to get critical infrastructure back up.

Communications are improving here, but in the far west, where the storm left a wake of devastation, the clean up will take weeks if not months.
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Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgvexdjp1xt
 
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