Posted on 02/05/2012 2:21:32 PM PST by NautiNurse
I think you guys got hit a lot harder than us so far.
That's because in saner times this kind of weather in February was properly ignored. Now there is a political obsession with every little thing that happens.
Back in early March of 1993, the Storm of the Century blew across South Florida with near hurricane force winds. Nobody even considered that it was tropical.
Thanks for a most unusual ping, lol, got a northern blowing here in Galveston right now. Cold, wet and windy here. I’ll have to check out WU later, bet they are freaking out over there being all good AWG folks. Should be fun.
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Perhaps I am missing something, because I don't understand the rationale behind your comment. When I'm booking a tee time in early February and identify a tropical satellite signature, I don't correlate it with politics.
Back in early March of 1993, the Storm of the Century blew across South Florida with near hurricane force winds. Nobody even considered that it was tropical.
Good reason--the 1993 storm was anything but tropical. (e.g. it dropped snow in the Florida Panhandle and in Jacksonville FL).
p.s. We got in 18 holes of golf this morning. No sign of precipitation in Tampa Bay.
Ahhh...the most prominent side effect of tourist high season in paradise.
Right. The storm in 1993 wasn't tropical, but it was in the same region as this storm and much more powerful (It came across South Florida. It wasn't just a snowstorm.). The current little dust up isn't tropical either and has no chance of becoming tropical. The only reason it gets an invest number is because of politics. I'm not aiming this criticism at you.
The same thing happens during storm season. A lot of insignificant storms that would have been ignored in years past now get counted (technology is a factor in that, too).
The 1993 super storm stretched all the way from Canada to Mexico. South Florida was but a tiny blip in the tail of the massive storm system. I don't understand why you continue to compare it to Invest 90. It's like comparing a boulder to a grain of sand.
The person you are copying here, Jeff Masters, is one of biggest Global Warming scare mongers on the planet. At least you are getting part of the message that this little bit of rainy weather is insignificant.
Cite where Jeff Masters mentioned global warming related to Invest 90 within the past 48 hours. You are the only one taking a seasonal weather anomaly and turning it into a political argument.
I’m going to play golf. In spite of Invest 90 being right over my head this is one of the best days to play golf in a while. I’d say winds are below normal. What a joke.
Was not expected to hear from you on this subject - so soon. Thanks for the ping...
700 am est mon feb 6 2012
For the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
1. A broad area of low pressure extending from western Cuba northward into the Florida straits is interacting with a mid to upper-level trough. While this system is producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms, there are no signs of an organized surface circulation and upper-level winds are expected to become less favorable for subtropical cyclone formation during the day today. This system has a low chance, near 0 percent, of becoming a subtropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. Regardless of any additional development, this system will produce widespread rainfall and isolated gusty winds over portions of northern Cuba, the Florida Keys and south Florida today as it moves generally northeastward near 15 mph. Additional information on this system can be found in offshore waters forecasts issued by the National Weather Service, under AWIPS header miaoffnt3 and WMO header fznt23 kNHC, and in products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office. This will be the last special tropical weather outlook issued on this system.
Elsewhere, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours.
Forecaster Brennan
The fact that it exists at all and is/was moving north is unusual.
Altogether now - DRY SEASON.
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