Posted on 09/03/2018 4:25:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Labor Day 2018 begins with a developing tropical system affecting South Florida. Conditions appear to be conducive for development as the system moves over the Florida Keys and into the Gulf of Mexico Monday.
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I should.I hate to bother him with stuff like this when we all know what he has on his plate. I guess after the Nov. elections are done I”ll send off some stuff.He’s got as full a plate as anyone has ever had I hate to add to it now.
Great shot NN! Really shows where the eye is.
I wonder if it will go anywhere near buoy
42023 which is actually live.
No shortage of warm water with SST 82-85ºF.
Thanks for all you do bump
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
Mouth of the Pearl River to the AL-FL Border.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
West of the Mouth of the Pearl River to east of Morgan City, LA,
including Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas, AL-FL Border
to Okaloosa-Walton County Line.
Location: About 95 mi W of Ft. Myers FL
About 385 mi ESE of the mouth of the Mississippi River
Max sustained winds 60 MPH
Moving WNW at 17 MPH
Minimum pressure 1003 mb
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
Interesting...
For sure, probably an 80 mph storm when it hits.
Im more concerned about whats coming off of Africa over the next few weeks.
1. A tropical wave located a few hundred miles southeast of the Cabo
Verde Islands continues to produce a large area of disorganized
showers and thunderstorms. Gradual development of this system is
expected, and it could become a tropical depression late this week
or this weekend while it moves westward to west-northwestward across
the eastern tropical Atlantic.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
Forecaster Cangialosi
Hey you:) Good to see you.
We had some funny weather here today, not the norm. Like mini tropical bands. My corgi and I got surprised by one while out for a walk. We were thoroughly soaked. She kept looking at me with the Why Did You Do This? face...lol.
Been a quiet season, we’ll see how it goes.
And Corgis dry so easily and without shedding a single hair.
Don't forget chocolate!
I think my record is tracking three active storms simultaneously, back in 2005. 2004-2005 were a couple of dizzying seasons.
I'll be installing my shutters early in the morning.
Thanks for checking in! Been hoping to hear from you. Looking forward to your local reports. Godspeed.
Latest as of 4am CDT, Gordon expected to hit late this evening, and to strengthen into hurricane range just before landfall
From
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/031822.shtml?cone#contents
1. Gordon is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge and hurricane conditions to portions of the central Gulf Coast where a Storm Surge Warning and Hurricane Warning are in effect. Residents in these areas should listen to advice from their local officials.
All preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion, as tropical storm conditions are expected to arrive in the warning areas this afternoon.
2. Heavy rainfall from Gordon will affect the western Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama, southern Mississippi and Louisiana,where totals could reach as high as 12 inches. This rainfall could cause flash flooding.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INIT 04/0900Z 27.7N 85.7W 55 KT 65 MPH
12H 04/1800Z 29.0N 87.5W 65 KT 75 MPH
24H 05/0600Z 30.7N 89.6W 55 KT 65 MPH...INLAND
Big year,data gets better every year more info on each and every storm.
“The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane warning from the mouth of the Pearl River, Mississippi, to the border between Alabama and Florida.”
I never will forget it. Like I've never forgotten about Hurricane Carla and I lived through that one too back in September 1961. Thankfully we only lost our detached garage the roof off of our home but we lost no lives in our family in that storm. We did lose some neighbors though. For many years it was ranked as the costliest and deadliest hurricane to strike Galveston and Houston since the great hurricane of 1900 that totally destroyed Galveston.
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