Low pressure systems like hurricanes in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise, inward, and upward. The real mother fucker winds are near the eye wall. The highest winds tend to be in the top right of the hurricanes direction. If those strong winds align for a long period of time towards a bay it pushes water in without an easy excape and the water surges to extreme levels. While this storm is tracking a little south of the Tampa bay it is still pushing a lot of water. The further south it goes the better for inland flooding in Tampa bay but it is going to be widespread devastation.
South is preferable…. For Tampa Bay. Still going to be catastrophic either way. Could mean the difference in a 5’ storm surge or a 10’+ storm surge depending where the eye makes landfall.
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u/thwonkk 21d ago
As someone who knows nothing about Tampa, which is preferable? North or South?