A tropical storm watch just went up for Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Bryan Norcross (our south florida weather go-to guy) noted a couple of things...first of all it is crossing the very warm waters of the Bahamas. This area has a history of storms gaining strength rather quickly. Also, most of the convection is north of the center. He believes that they may shift the eye, and thus the future track more north. He would also not be surprised if south florida mainland gets upgraded to a hurricane watch or warning.
That being said, this feels an awful lot like Katrina two weeks ago. We all though "no big deal", then when you are going through it you realize the power of even a cat 1 storm.
That being said, this feels an awful lot like Katrina two weeks ago. We all though "no big deal", then when you are going through it you realize the power of even a cat 1 storm. What happened with Katrina was that there was enough very warm water in the Gulf to turn it Cat 5
There still is a lot of warm water in the Gulf. If I was in east Texas, I would take some time to check on my bug-out plans and supplies