Thursday Evening Update on Irma, Jose, and Katia

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Please note that these posts do NOT reflect the official forecasts of the National Hurricane Center, and should not be interpreted as such. While tropical storms exist in the Atlantic, official NHC information is available at www.hurricanes.gov. Please refer to the NHC when making decisions, and heed the advisories and evacuation statements of your local National Weather Service Office and emergency management officials.
Levi Cowan creates videos and blogs pertaining to tropical cyclones, primarily hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. Posts occasionally concern other, non-tropical weather events around the world. Levi is currently working on his PhD in tropical meteorology at Florida State University, and completed his bachelors degree in applied physics with a concentration in atmospheric physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

[@jabronlld6315]

@1:09 Irma didn't like being told to wait lol, what an iconic storm and a memorable video update.

[@jrl5k]

No one does this better! Thank you!

[@bevgiraldi4167]

Your videos are so much better and far more informative than anything on TV. Sent you $ on PayPal, again. Hope a lot of people do the same. You truly deserve it!

[@CosmicStargoat]

I will always say "Thank You". This is very grim, but we must deal with what we have.

[@kimboosan]

Levi - Just to note, I've recommended your vids as a resource for blind/low-vision people here in Florida because you do such a great job of ~describing~ the images you review and what they mean. Thank you for your excellent, informative vids in this time of crisis!

[@RadChick]

Thank you so much for your time & effort that you put into these forecasts.

[@TopazCentuallas]

When Levi is worried, I am worried as well. I am currently staying over at Homestead, Florida and have a underground bunker!

[@philipshirk1119]

An underground bunker in Homestead?! Watch out for flooding!

[@Ascendor81]

waterproof?

[@lukefinlay3027]

Topaz Centuallas A bunker in Florida?????

[@Weatherdude55]

Thanks for this and all of your updates! always looking forward to hearing your analysis on the storms!

[@DANNYN224]

Great video

[@Bergstaller01]

Fantastic videos! My parents got out of Port Saint Lucie, Fla 2 days ago

[@gulfgypsy]

Wonderful video. But heartbreaking to that that after the nightmare of Irma, Jose could pose a threat to the leeward islands.
*PLEASE* Don't wait, evacuate, take your pets, help those who cannot evac on their own, friends, family, the elderly or frail.
And *please* offer kind thoughts / positive energy for those of us in the path of Irma.

[@krazejeff]

Thanks Levi

[@rightclicksave09]

Thank you!

[@jpockets4206]

Spot on. Thank you

[@lindastapletondemartinez9579]

Just passed by us in the Dominican Republic and we were spared the very worst of the capabilities. I pray that those still in the path will be protected, too.

[@AnnaMarianne]

Linda Stapleton de Martinez Good to hear you were spared from the worst hit! I remember you from the comments from before the hurricane passed you guys.

[@lindastapletondemartinez9579]

Thank you, Anna, it is very humbling and very distressing to think of those behind us and still up ahead. Crying out to God.

[@MindOfBoomBoom]

i have been watching Levi for a few years now, this is the most worried i have ever heard him sound.

[@Snatchwrangler1]

Thanks for these nightly updates!

[@rhondahanley5927]

Thank you, Levi.

[@lexpyth0n]

Wow, you're my new go-to weather guy. Your intelligent and articulate presentation is much preferable to the emotional hype on TV.

[@ChessieStorm]

Thanks again. The old saying here is: "Hide from wind, but run from water."

[@BrantChristiansen]

Great work, Levi!

[@captdjb9745]

You're in Tallahassee THANK YOU LEVI ...

[@ChrisDembinsky]

You didn't say much about how confident you were about this forecast. Don't forget to mention this even though it may seem irrelevant, it's not. Your knowledge and understanding of the forecast is why we watch.

[@marionake5618]

Great job Levi

[@ezyrhino]

Excellent analysis and commentary.

[@benjaminshamel9383]

Thanks, Levi!

[@domtillman630]

Thanks as always!!

[@danielcollins8457]

You're the best Levi.

[@Scallopwag]

Katia's so cute. You got Harvey and Irma and then there's little Katia.

[@andrews7241]

Thank Levi. Fantastic commentary.

[@Ealcinoe]

Wow, thanks. So detailed and informative.

[@LPnerd]

jose, " don't take down your shutters? they'd have to find them to take'm off, have you seen that place?

[@Blaculo]

Thank you from inland central fl. Really appreciate it.

[@neanam]

You going to leave or nah?

[@FlawdaFootball]

You're doing a great job. I'm encouraging people I know to donate to your patreon to keep servers up

[@HunterBidenCocaineBag]

Anyone else notice the upper-level low (ULL) just west/southwest of Irma? What impacts will it have? I'm guessing none since it wasn't mentioned. Irma is going to produce a LOT of tornadoes, too! Also, the Great Smoky Mountains will lose a ton of trees on the highest peaks. Devastating for leaf season as well. Ugh!

[@mariades1423]

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[@doctorstomp7468]

Levi did you used to be a NHC forecaster? I seem to remeber a Levi as a forecast a few years ago.

[@firstborncirillo]

Solid.

[@rumitaification]

Another informative video, thanks Levi. I just noticed you take donations so I helped out a bit with pay pal. Keep up the good work.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

You need to do a am video too.

[@timdo190]

Yeah I’m just going back and watching all these videos discussing a cat 5 . Mesmerizing

[@tessierrr]

would suggest the sandy ones if not watched already :) not a cat 5 but really interesting too, was in oct 2012

[@mochismom7572]

Woow i am kinda getting lucky i hope those who get hit by the storm are ok but i said i am getting lucky because if harvey went north and katia i would have to either evacuate or get prepared for it because i live in texas but central texas and i used to visit houston all the time last summer it took a couple of hours to drive there but i mostly went to galveston

[@joedillier7113]

When are you getting out Levi?

[@evanr2582]

Do you think those in Port Saint Lucie need to evacuate?

[@evanr2582]

Levi Cowan ok thanks, I got family down their so I wouldn't know either

[@witchkizzle1136]

Tight little thing

[@MrJJ74792]

4 years later ngl Jose looks alot like Imra's little brother

[@GreeenSwag]

will they retire this Hurricane name ?

[@behtashs]

phew... hopefully it will miss Tally

[@jerzgirl2662]

Goodbye Disney World!

[@jx-dama9611]

Ummmmm nope

[@zx10roy]

Party time this Irma is not going to do nothing

[@chuckwright4346]

I downvoted the video because there is no sound. Problem does not seem fixable.

[@pleochroic]

@Chuck Wright -- Then there is something wrong with your setup, because the rest of us can hear it loud and clear.

[@wxrob8740]

Thanks Levi

[@SailingKona]

Thank you!