Category 5 Hurricane Michael - Panama City, Florida - October 10/2018

I deployed to Florida with three mobile mesonet trucks for what eventually became Category 5 Hurricane Michael. Home base was in Panama City, Florida.
On October 9/2018, I set out with a few collogues to deploy several scientific-grade weather stations along the Florida coastline to record one-second wind and pressure data as the storm made landfall. Later that day, I coordinated with Mark Sudduth w/HurricaneTrack to finish deploying his remote cameras and a couple weather stations before returning to the hotel for the night.
The hurricane made landfall on October 10/2018. I remained at the hotel to film the storm while Mark and Brent drove to Mexico Beach to deploy a camera system last minute. You can watch what that camera captured at the links below.
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Edited video: • Category Five Hurrican...
Unedited video: • The Michael Project
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During the storms peak intensity, we all stayed at the hotel for safety reasons instead of venturing out to deploy a special weather balloon payload in the eye. After the storm, Mark and Brent made their way back to Mexico Beach to retrieve the camera system.
My mobile mesonet truck seen in the video measured a peak wind speed of 94 mph with a minimum pressure of 940 hPa.
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Mark Sudduth/Hurricane Track Documentary: Tracking The Hurricanes 2018: • Tracking the Hurricane...
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Storm Chase Area: Panama City, Florida
Camera: Apple iPhone 8 Plus
My email and social media links can be found here: www.derek605wx.com
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Copyright © 2018 Derek Thompson
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thank you for this video. Salut in North Kaukaz Ingushetiya

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Although it’s dangerous I find weather like fascinating. Living in the U.K. we simply don’t get Hurricanes. We get the odd tornado but usually out at sea, and no where near as powerful as the monsters you see in America especially round tornado ally.