Long time no blog! There's really been nothing in the way of any kind of tropical system worthy of blogging about. Um. For a long time.
But I'm back to tell you about Tropical Storm Irene, which at her current track, may make landfall in South Florida by Thursday evening.
Photo courtesy of Bay News 9
Currently Tropical Storm Irene has maximum sustained winds of 50mph, moving W at 22mph. Pressure is 1006mb. Irene is predicted to become a hurricane before it crosses over land in the caribbean. By the time it gets to Florida, if the track doesn't shift, it will be a tropical storm. Usually, crossing over the high parts of Cuba will weaken it. Still, it could bring some very beneficial rain to Florida by the end of next week.
Yes, I am a bit giddy, seeing us in the "cone of uncertainty". We've had our share of wild weather that wasn't tropical: our area was hit by tornadoes and we think one hit our tree out front, twisting and tearing out the top and replanting it in our front yard and porch.
Now that I have a webcam, should anything tropical get to us, I will try to do a live webcast so you can see the storm as it hits us (internet connection permitting).
Stay tuned!
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