The forecast this morning shows that TS Hermine may make it to
hurricane strength later today just before making landfall east of
Pensacola. The track has shifted slightly to the east, and on Monday and
Tuesday the storm will meander around in the Atlantic due east of the
DelMarVa peninsula. The water there is much warmer than normal, so the
storm may gather additional strength.
The interactive web pages for NCEP are down this morning, so I have
to rely on UNISYS for SST and SSTA analysis. The GFS, NAM, and other
products are available if you access them by way of FTP.
Looks like you're going to get 4-6" and I'm going to get 6-10".
<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/212352.
shtml?rainqpf#contents> We'll see. The forecast has been moving
further inland with each iteration. We'll see what actually happens on
Friday and Saturday. In any case I haven't seen a wind forecast scary
enough to get me to spend the 5 hours necessary to put up all the
hurricane
panels.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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