Hurricane Gordon

Pre-Landfall 2 | Summary
Posting Date: September 17, 2000, 10:00:00 AM

As of 1400 EDT, Sunday, September 17, Hurricane Gordon was located about 70 miles west of Tampa, Florida. Gordon remains a minimal Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and central barometric pressure of 986 mb. The storm sped up somewhat overnight and is now moving toward the north-northeast at 14 mph. Hurricane Gordon appears to be becoming somewhat disorganized as it approaches the coast and no further strengthening is expected before landfall. Some forecasts suggest that weakening is likely by the time the storm hits the Florida coast sometime this evening. The most likely projected track has the storm making landfall near Cedar Key on the northern end of Waccasassa Bay. After landfall, the storm is expected to continue its north-northeasterly track and to hug the southeastern U.S. coastline as it begins its way toward the northeast. There is little expectation, however, that the storm will regain hurricane status, even if it exits the Florida peninsula and enters the Atlantic. Using the most recent information available regarding the current and potential meteorological parameters and mostly likely track of this storm, the AIR tropical cyclone modeling team has run hundreds of new simulations for this event. These reflect the assumption that Gordon will make landfall somewhere along the Florida coast north of Tampa and east of Saint Marks on the Apalachee Bay. Most scenarios indicate that losses will be minimal given the weak nature of the storm and the low population density in the area of expected landfall. CATRADER clients may view scenarios and download event sets representing the entire range of simulated scenarios.

Pre-Landfall 2 | Downloads
Posting Date: September 17, 2000, 10:00:00 AM