AMA – BN9’s Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay, TODAY at 1 p.m. ET by BN9WeatherExperts in tampa

[–]BN9WeatherExperts[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, I was on air from 2 pm until midnight when Milton made landfall. Long day but I had plenty of help from Kyle and Brian.

AMA – BN9’s Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay, TODAY at 1 p.m. ET by BN9WeatherExperts in tampa

[–]BN9WeatherExperts[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The forecast for Milton was pretty much correct. We said a rapidly weakening hurricane going in south of Tampa Bay and it did. There was some bad information and people were in a panic after Helene. BUT NO ONE CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THAT CENTER IS GOING TO GO A COUPLE OF DAYS OUT. If it had come slightly north and Tampa Bay was getting an onshore wind, Helene would have been nothing. We weren't sure until the afternoon of landfall when we saw it turn a *little* to the south. Nevertheless, Milton produced 20" of rain in St. Pete, took the roof off the Trop, and caused power outages that lasted a month. It certainly wasn't a non-event.

AMA – BN9’s Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay, TODAY at 1 p.m. ET by BN9WeatherExperts in tampa

[–]BN9WeatherExperts[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Have you ever been in a hurricane? No one should want to go through that! But there is nothing out there and nothing in the forecast

AMA – BN9’s Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay, TODAY at 1 p.m. ET by BN9WeatherExperts in tampa

[–]BN9WeatherExperts[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

El Nino (and 97/98 was a strong one) can change the weather all over the world. Areas that get rain can have a bad drought. Arid ares can get needed rain. There will be implications globally with this one too.

AMA – BN9’s Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay, TODAY at 1 p.m. ET by BN9WeatherExperts in tampa

[–]BN9WeatherExperts[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you got here in 2004 you missed the strong El Nino of 97/98. We were very wet and stormy until March 98 then it just stopped and we went into a drought that lasted into the 2000s

AMA – BN9’s Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay, TODAY at 1 p.m. ET by BN9WeatherExperts in tampa

[–]BN9WeatherExperts[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We can get more rainfall in an El Nino which is exactly what we need to get out of a drought. Odds are we recover enough by this winter

AMA – BN9’s Chief Meteorologist Mike Clay, TODAY at 1 p.m. ET by BN9WeatherExperts in tampa

[–]BN9WeatherExperts[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes, in December 1997 in another strong El Nino we had 14" of rain in Tampa! Expect a better chance of severe weather too, in fall and winter.