Tropical Deppression 4

Is that like saying, "in your dreams!" ???

:funn: SJ, you are on a roll today!!!! I love it!

...no, that's like saying they are social work grad students and they are going to save the world! ...they make me proud.

My kind of people, you should be proud. I have a fondness for kids who are going to save the world, one child at a time.

Erin and Opal impacted sowal in 95.

Yes and I just went and found that I stopped writing on that board with the
" 1995 Parade of Storms" ...when there were 4 or 5 lined up in the Atlantic. If you are new to the area Google some of those images for a look at the hurricane season we had leading up to Opal.

Yes and I just went and found that I stopped writing on that board with the
" 1995 Parade of Storms" ...when there were 4 or 5 lined up in the Atlantic. If you are new to the area Google some of those images for a look at the hurricane season we had leading up to Opal.

...and they kept coming after Opal. Still not as many as the 2005 season, about ten short.

If you have not checked
www.weatherunderground.com

The tropical blog Jeff Masters does is very helpful
His next update is 3m central

SON

The 04 season was pretty scary also. They were bunched up. But the second image is of them lined up in 95.

The crazy thing is that Hurr. Ivan nearly was nearly equal is size to the three largest 2004 storms, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.:shock:

Okay, back to Hurricane Dean...

As of the last update at 10am Central, Hurricane Dean now has sustained winds of 90mph, putting it very close to a Cat 2.

I am trying to find a good webcam in the Lesser Antilles region so we can keep an eye on it "real time" . looks like by Friday A.M. it could be located right near there. I will post a link as soon as I find one.

Re: hurricane DEAN

great info at
www.weatherunderground.com

I am trying to find a good webcam in the Lesser Antilles region so we can keep an eye on it "real time" . looks like by Friday A.M. it could be located right near there. I will post a link as soon as I find one.

Interesting idea. Weatherunderground.com has a new link of webcams, mostly in the US, but there are three showing in Puerto Rico. Here is the link. Maybe Kurt should add the Grayton Beach webcam.

Great idea SJ
what do you think Kurt
Weatherunderground gets a lot of hits

Webcams are my new way of being hurricane obsessed at this time of year. I got hooked when I went to one in Destin to see an approaching storm and spotted a HUGE waterspout coming into the pass. So now i have decided that why wait for the weather channel or whoever to show me footage when I can go myself? (Kurt needs to get the webcam live again before he links it;-))

From Dr Masters' report
Posted by: JeffMasters, 4:13 PM EDT on August 16, 2007



"Dean is steadily moistening the environment around it, and may be able to overcome the dry air on Friday and put on a burst of rapid intensification. I expect Dean will become a large and extremely dangerous major hurricane by Saturday."

From Dr Masters' report
Posted by: JeffMasters, 4:13 PM EDT on August 16, 2007



"Dean is steadily moistening the environment around it, and may be able to overcome the dry air on Friday and put on a burst of rapid intensification. I expect Dean will become a large and extremely dangerous major hurricane by Saturday."

:angry: ...Mean Dean

Looks like Dean might interfere with our trip.

I read somewhere today that only a weather person could come up with the term...Tropical Depression. Kind of an oxymoron, no?

Looks like Dean might interfere with our trip.

Nahhhhh....think positive!

I think Erin just made her way to us though! It's pouring!

Nahhhhh....think positive!

I think Erin just made her way to us though! It's pouring!

I know you guys do not need anymore rain DD. Thinking about you. Boy, we sure could use some 7th straight day of over 100? temps. Worst drought here in 100 years. I have never seen it so dry.

"Dean pounded Martinique and St. Lucia this morning, and claimed its first victim when a 62-year old man died on St. Lucia while trying to save his cow from raging flood waters." -- Dr Master's report

...that is so sad.

So, where is this monster going now. I am afraid to look. A well meaning friend called me to keep my eyes on it because of my daddy in Houston. I know y'all will send sarafunn back if it is time. ;-)

I know you guys do not need anymore rain DD. Thinking about you. Boy, we sure could use some 7th straight day of over 100? temps. Worst drought here in 100 years. I have never seen it so dry.

Awwwww..you're a doll, Darlene. Actually, we haven't had it nearly as bad as South Texas--Houston, etc., and the rain we got last night kept me from having to water today. But, our lakes are still full, so much rain would not be good. Hope you get some rain there soon! And some heat relief!

We need rain here also. We have had 8 days straight of over 100 degrees. 8 people have died here during those 8 days. We have a 30% chance of thunderstorms for overnight. Hope we get it. From what I just saw on Dean if it stays at its current speed or faster it will take a more northerly trek and go into the gulf along between Louisiana and Texas and catch part of Mexico. But if it slows it will stay along the Yucatan Peninsula. Winds are at 145 mph right now but there have been peak gusts of 156. Hope it slows down so it will be more likely to stay south for several reasons, one is to spare Louisiana and Texas and the Panhandle any damage.

NOAA maps show the current sustained windspeeds at 135mph as of 8pm Eastern time. Where are you receiving your info? I'm wondering if you know of a more recently updated site.

Hope it slows down so it will be more likely to stay south for several reasons, one is to spare Louisiana and Texas and the Panhandle any damage.

The weather guy said tonight if Dean slows down, a low system that is currently moving east through the Southeast will pull it a but more to the north giving it a better chance of missing the Yucatan and hitting northern TX/LA. So for tonight at least...faster is better.

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