Hurricane Hermine made landfall overnight just east of St Mark’s, FL as an 80 mph storm. This was Florida’s first in a record 11 year stretch of hurricane drought. While Hermine may have only been a Category 1, this system packed a punch producing significant storm surge flooding and damage along the coast and created a record storm surge at Cedar Key.

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Scene from Clearwater Beach today.

Despite being inland, Hermine is holding it’s own by maintaining sustained winds of 50 mph and dumping a lot of rain. The system is hammering the Georgia and Carolina beaches and poses a significant threat along the Mid-Atlantic coast as the system re-emerges out over the warm Atlantic and is likely to regenerate.

NHC sees this thing regaining hurricane status off Virginia.

The big problem may come when the system gets trapped beneath a building high to the north. This means a multiday wind, rain and battering wave event.

A serious situation.

20-30ft waves expected on the beaches!

NEXT UPDATE SUNDAY!

See today’s video.

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