Posted on 11/18/2005 8:52:20 AM PST by laz
Sorry, folks, but this is just too funny.
What a way to end a season.
Yikes!
000 WTNT32 KNHC 190001 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GAMMA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 6 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2005 ...GAMMA STILL DISORGANIZED AS IT MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COAST OF BELIZE AND FOR THE BAY ISLANDS OF HONDURAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM THE BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER NORTHWARD TO PUNTA ALLEN. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GAMMA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 6 PM CST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GAMMA WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 85.7 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES... 55 KM... NORTH OF LIMON HONDURAS AND ABOUT 180 MILES... 290 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BELIZE CITY BELIZE. GAMMA IS MOVING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 4 MPH... 6 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS... ALTHOUGH SOME ERRATIC MOTION IS POSSIBLE. EARLIER REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 70 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES... 140 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. TROPICAL STORM GAMMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER BELIZE...WESTERN CUBA...AND THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWESTERN HONDURAS. REPEATING THE 6 PM CST POSITION...16.2 N... 85.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 4 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 9 PM CST. FORECASTER KNABB $$
LOL! We still have trees leaning on houses in my community....and tree debris on the side of the road waiting to get picked up.....
Go away!
Yeah, well before the end of January, we are out of Florida for good. And good riddance.
Anyone wanna buy a house in Lakeland with a brand new roof?
Truthfully, hurricanes are not really why we are leaving. Too many people and unbelievable traffic are more than enough to drive us out.
Hope you had a nice rest----bet it t'wernt long enough.
...Gamma moving slowly away from the coast of Honduras...
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the entire coast of Belize and for the Bay Islands of Honduras. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours.
A tropical storm watch is in effect for the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from the Belize-Mexico border northward to Punta Allen. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours.
Interests elsewhere in the northwestern Caribbean Sea should monitor the progress of Gamma.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 9 PM CST...0300z...the center of Tropical Storm Gamma was estimated near latitude 16.4 north... longitude 85.8 west or about 45 miles... 70 km... north-northwest of Limon Honduras and about 175 miles... 285 km... east-southeast of Belize City.
Gamma is moving toward the northwest near 5 mph... 7 km/hr... and this general motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours... although some erratic motion is possible.
Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph... 75 km/hr...with higher gusts. A slight increase in strength is possible during the next 24 hours.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 105 miles... 165 km mainly to the north from the center.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 1006 mb...29.71 inches.
Tropical Storm Gamma is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 10 inches over Belize...western Cuba...and the eastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches. Additional rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches are possible over northwestern Honduras.
Repeating the 9 PM CST position...16.4 N... 85.8 W. Movement toward...northwest near 5 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 45 mph. Minimum central pressure...1006 mb.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 12 am CST followed by the next complete advisory at 3 am CST.
Forecaster Knabb
Where you moving too? Plenty of still desolate places in FL.
But I may get a place in WV. Weird part about it is that most of the folks up there act like Republicans and vote Democrat. Haven't figured that out yet.
TN. Possibly KY. We've got 4 months rent free at a house my brother owns, so we have time to look around.
Doesn't matter where you live in FL. If you want to get somewhere you have to get on I-4 or the other interstates. And the stretch between Tampa / Orlando bites the big one.
Besides, I've been here since 1965. In those days it was paradise. Which is why it really looks bad by comparison now. If we don't leave now, we'll never leave.
My son called about 5:00 am yesterday and said he would be out the whole weekend on a charter. I hope that when they heard about Gamma they turned back. I haven't heard from him yet though.
000 WTNT32 KNHC 191431 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GAMMA ADVISORY NUMBER 15 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 9 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2005 ...GAMMA RE-LOCATED SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN... AT 9 AM CST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF BELIZE SOUTH OF BELIZE CITY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF BELIZE FROM BELIZE CITY NORTHWARD TO THE BELIZE MEXICO BORDER...AND FOR THE BAY ISLANDS OF HONDURAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO FROM THE BELIZE-MEXICO BORDER NORTHWARD TO PUNTA GRUESA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM NORTH OF PUNTA GRUESA NORTHWARD TO TULUM. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GAMMA. AT 9 AM CST...1500Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GAMMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.9 WEST OR ABOUT 160 MILES... 255 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BELIZE CITY AND ABOUT 255 MILES... 415 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TULUM MEXICO. GAMMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH... 7 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. TROPICAL STORM GAMMA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN CUBA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN BELIZE AND THE EASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAIN BANDS TRAILING GAMMA COULD CAUSE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA. REPEATING THE 9 AM CST POSITION...16.8 N... 85.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT NOON CST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 3 PM CST. FORECASTER BEVEN $$
The last three track maps have shown it going further and further to the south. Looks now like it may miss Florida altogether. If it doesn't wobble to the north.
Having to think about tropical storms/hurricanes while planning my Thanksgiving menu -- that's just NOT right!
Maybe we could manufacture Surf's Up ornaments for our Christmas trees or come up with a new carol. Forget Let it Snow! We have Let it Blow!
I finally took the blue tarps from around the lanai down & just starting to put my outdoor items back out in the flower beds. At least we haven't had much in the way of damage (knock on wood) these past 2 years. We had some 70/80 mph winds last year & loads of trees/limbs down but no home damages. I'm located about 70 miles north of St. Pete's but the storms are going south of us or further west & north in the gulf.
Actually even passing well south of the Straits in that projection, crossing instead the Old Bahama Channel.
Which model was it that had Wilma's track consistently wrong, always well north of all the other models? It would probably show Gamma going into Tampa at this point. ;)
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