The 'dirty side' of Idalia is the right-hand side of the hurricane.
, if a hurricane is heading north -- like Idalia -- the right side would be east of the system.
That means that the west coast of Florida, which includes the Tampa Bay metropolitan area, may escape the heaviest winds but might be impacted by storm surges sweeping into the waterways. Even inland areas like Orlando and Gainesville could be impacted by Idalia’s dirty side, along with areas of Georgia and South Carolina after the storm makes landfall.
Because hurricanes have a counterclockwise movement, the winds on the dirty side blows onshore, pushing water onto the land,“It’s kind of slang-ish, but it just means that the worst of the storm surge and the wind are usually to the east of the center as the center approaches the coast,” Mike Clay, chief meteorologist for Spectrum Bay News 9 in the Tampa Bay area, told theHave you been hearing forecasters on TV say that Tampa Bay is going to get hit by Idalia's "dirty side?" So...
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