The Tuesday morning map discussion video is on the server:
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
A wedge type flow continues here through mid-week with drier air draining into the state from the northeast. Most places around here will stay dry through Friday. Beyond that, the weather depends on tropical action:
ATLANTIC BASIN VERY ACTIVE: Wow... what a series of systems:
MARIA: The hurricane heads out to sea and is no threat to land.
NATE: Same as Maria, this one will get hung up in the westerlies and is no threat to land.
CARIBBEAN WAVE: We have been watching this since it came off the coast of Africa, but still no development as it moves into the far eastern Caribbean. Still worth watching, but seems to really have a hard time getting its act together.
OPEHLIA? (Hey, we don't name them, we just forecast them) Sure looks like we have a tropical storm off the east coast of Florida. A hurricane hunter will be in the system later today to confirm this. Models are all over the place since steering currents are very weak and the system has not been very organized. Seems to be this thing won't move much during the mid-week period, but I do have concern it ultimately moves west-southwest across Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico by the weekend. Same pattern that is providing the easterly flow here should do this.
Where does Ophelia go if it gets into the Gulf? Don't want to play that game now... just too early.
Be sure and scroll down and read Bill Murray's post from Saturday August 27 I re-posted here. Did he hit the nail on the head or what?
The next map discussion video will be up by 3:30 today.
http://beta.abc3340.com/weather/video.hrb
A wedge type flow continues here through mid-week with drier air draining into the state from the northeast. Most places around here will stay dry through Friday. Beyond that, the weather depends on tropical action:
ATLANTIC BASIN VERY ACTIVE: Wow... what a series of systems:
MARIA: The hurricane heads out to sea and is no threat to land.
NATE: Same as Maria, this one will get hung up in the westerlies and is no threat to land.
CARIBBEAN WAVE: We have been watching this since it came off the coast of Africa, but still no development as it moves into the far eastern Caribbean. Still worth watching, but seems to really have a hard time getting its act together.
OPEHLIA? (Hey, we don't name them, we just forecast them) Sure looks like we have a tropical storm off the east coast of Florida. A hurricane hunter will be in the system later today to confirm this. Models are all over the place since steering currents are very weak and the system has not been very organized. Seems to be this thing won't move much during the mid-week period, but I do have concern it ultimately moves west-southwest across Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico by the weekend. Same pattern that is providing the easterly flow here should do this.
Where does Ophelia go if it gets into the Gulf? Don't want to play that game now... just too early.
Be sure and scroll down and read Bill Murray's post from Saturday August 27 I re-posted here. Did he hit the nail on the head or what?
The next map discussion video will be up by 3:30 today.
on September 6, 2005, 8:37 am
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