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Headline for Monday afternoon

Category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall earlier this morning around 7 AM ET in the same counties as Idalia missing Tallahassee to the east. Debby is slowing making its way through north Florida along Interstate 10 eventually into SE Georgia.

Thankfully Debby ran out of real estate over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico otherwise it would have had no trouble becoming a major hurricane.

The story for the next several days: heavy rain \u2014 historic amounts. 

Debby's center made landfall in the Florida Big Bend region earlier \ntoday around 1100 UTC with an estimated intensity of 70 kt.
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Potentially historic heavy rainfall across southeast Georgia and \nthe coastal plain of South Carolina through Saturday morning will \nlikely result in areas of catastrophic flooding. Heavy rainfall will \nlikely result in considerable flooding impacts from portions of \ncentral and northern Florida and across portions of central and \nnortheast North Carolina through Saturday morning.
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The track of Debby off the South Carolina coast means a constant fire hose of moisture from the very warm Atlantic Gulf Stream onto the coastline and inland of South Carolina and Georgia and eventually North Carolinas

NWS has maximum of 17-inches of rain but it could certainly be higher if Debby intensifies MORE over water.

This is VERY similar to the atmospheric setup from Harvey in Houston. The shape of the coast and the orientation of the feeder bands from the very warm Atlantic.

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Trillions to come: more than 42 Trillions to go \u2014 meaning upwards of 50 Trillion total!

Georgia: 7 Trillion, Florida: 5T, South Carolina: 6.5T, North Carolina: 7T, Virginia: 3.5T

New York: 3T, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey: 1T

Satellite imagery 1:23 PM ET

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Debby heads over Washington D.C, then visits NYC, and New England by this weekend!

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Where is Debby going? Back out over the Atlantic for a spell, and then back inland to South Carolina. There is less uncertainty about this scenario than previous days.

NOAA WPC Rainfall | Next 7-Days

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Storm Tracks from the EPS 00z ensembles

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The previous ensembles at 00z show the bending track and eventual trajectory into the mid-Atlantic or offshore New England. The track past Day 3-4 has a wider uncertainty radius.

Eastern Pacific | Carlotta, Daniel, Emilia, Fabio

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There\u2019s a party going on in the Eastern Pacific with 4 systems under advisory.

Fabio will gobble up Emilia after a little tango. Carlotta is weakening but the circulation will pull Daniel north. None of these systems are remarkable nor will impact land. Just interesting to watch!

Down the Pike | Next Tropical Wave

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The wave into the Caribbean in next 5-7 days has a 30% chance of development.

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Active system potential at Day 12

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Many ensembles out of 51 show a Cape Verde style system by the 17th of August with major hurricane potential.

Active system potential at Day 15

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And, then where does this system go? This looks like an active period to watch!

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Headline for Monday afternoon

Category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall earlier this morning around 7 AM ET in the same counties as Idalia missing Tallahassee to the east. Debby is slowing making its way through north Florida along Interstate 10 eventually into SE Georgia.

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