| Hugh |
| (Senior Storm Chaser) |
| Mon Sep 19 2005 02:39 AM |
Re: Hope there are no surprises, but...
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I hope there are no surprises, but I think there might be. All the local forecasters are saying that we will get a little wind and rain and that's all. No one is paying any attention to this storm around here. If it keeps relocating further and further north we might wake up to a hurricane watch or warning with one day or less to prepare. Does look to be firing up tonight. Remember yesterday's discussion mentioned it could get to CAT. 2 before approaching Florida. I'll be staying up for the 11 p.m. and will be up again before the 5 a.m.
It briefly fired up but it looks to be subsiding a bit after the fire up, now anyway. I hope, if it comes that way, that people take heed. A northward jog toward the mainland would help the gulf coast because it would increase the likelihood of the storm weakening - but then Katrina went over quasi-land and look what IT did in the Gulf.
ETA:
at 11 PM EDT...0300z... the Hurricane Watch for the Florida Keys has
been upgraded to a Hurricane Warning. A Hurricane Warning is now in
effect for all of the Florida Keys and Florida Bay from Ocean Reef
southward and westward to Dry Tortugas.
At 11 PM EDT... the tropical storm watch for the extreme
southeastern Florida Peninsula has been upgraded to a Tropical
Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch. A Tropical Storm Warning and a
Hurricane Watch are now in effect from Deerfield Beach southward to
Florida City and continuing westward to East Cape Sable.
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for the provinces of Villa
Clara...Matanzas...Ciudad de Habana...la Habana...and Pinar del
Rio...and a tropical storm watch for the provinces of Ciego de
Avila...Sancti Spiritus...and Cienfuegos.
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for the northwest Bahamas. A
Hurricane Warning is recommended for the northwest Bahamas...
excluding Grand Bahama and Abaco Island.
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for the Turks and Caicos
Islands...and for the southeast and central Bahamas.
At 11 PM EDT... a tropical storm watch has been issued for the
extreme southwestern Florida Peninsula from west of East Cape Sable
westward to Chokoloskee.
ETA2: Philippe is now officially a 75mph hurricane... no threat to land, thankfully.