Well, for lack of a better way of introduction, I will just say that this is shaping up to be a dark day within the field. I encourage you all to visit any of the weather webpages at http://moe.met.fsu.edu/, including the Cyclone Phase diagrams (http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cyclonephase/), MM5 output (http://moe.met.fsu.edu/mm5/) and TC Genesis pages (http://moe.met.fsu.edu/tcgengifs/), today and on a regular basis for at least part of why this is a dark day and what you may be able to do to help.

Pardon the interruption.