Hurricane Isaias made landfall last night, and as expected the region of high shear rapidly shredded the storm. As of this morning, dry air is wrapping around the circulation. On the left is the view as the sun comes up, on the right is the water vapor content in the middle atmosphere … as always, click to embiggen:
Radar shows a similar picture: band of rain to the north, dry to the south and west, a couple of distant bands of rain to the east, and convection (thunderstorms) are limited. Left is 8:48am radar, right is the Enki/CIMSS lightning probability for the next hour:
In Coastal GA/SC, the heavy rains mostly missed overnight, especially the much-feared dump on South Carolina. Here’s the totals as of 8:30:
The gauge at the Enki office in midtown Savannah (southeast of Frogmore proper) recorded 0.88″, which tracks with the above radar derived estimate.
Probably more scattered showers and gusty breezes today, but it seems the worst is past other than flash flood risk in the Appalachian mountains, where it is still raining. Early damage assessments for the Florida Panhandle are ongoing, lots of power outages of course, but otherwise looks mostly like exterior cladding damage and some flooding in vulnerable spots, but well short of what you would expect from a Category Two landfall. Still likely to be a $8 to $12 Billion price tag.