maquiladora
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Landfall at 65mph, 993mb.
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Hurricane Season 2013
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perfectchaos007
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wow, it ended up being a tad stronger than I thought. The early Canadian model wasn't far off.
maquiladora
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Yep, CMC handled it much better than GFS and Euro. Maybe just luck, but I'll be paying more attention to CMC for the next system.
Escape Goat
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Sucks for people who are born with names of super destructive hurricanes. Katrina and the Waves just isn't as fun as they used to be.
ladyluthien
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I had a teacher in school who was pregnant during hurricane Charlie, she gave birth shortly after and named her son "Charlie" after the hurricane.
perfectchaos007
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We have another invest pretty far east in the Atlantic for this time of year. Usually storms don't start forming there until August.
edit: invest dissipated.
edit: invest dissipated.
ElectricBlue187
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Hilton Head
smokeandmirrors
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Having the first named storm be a hurricane that made landfall would've been something else..
Either way, I'll echo the surprise at the upkick in strength before it came ashore.
my grandma and her sister are named Wilma and Rita lol
Snkfanatic
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Sun is coming out in Hampton Roads VA. We just got hit with a lot of rain.
I'm in Virginia Beach. We had rain overnight and into the morning, but since then, its just been little spots of rain, but mostly just cloudy and a bit windy. Now there's actual blue skies and it just seems like a slightly windy day. Looks like the center will probably pass a little bit west of here, meaning we probably wont see much of that, either.
I actually cancelled plans today because I thought it was going to be a messy day. Annoying.
The Librarian
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In Wilmington. Didn't get hit with squat during the day. Sad. I was expecting more.
Midnight Moon
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Is this a Walking Dead reference? XD
ladyluthien
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I thought today was going to be a messy day also after yesterday. But the sun was out nearly all day long. Little humid, but honestly thought it was going to be worse.
I can't believe how it picked up strength before landfall. Lucky it didn't stay out building strength an extra day.
I can't believe how it picked up strength before landfall. Lucky it didn't stay out building strength an extra day.
Alligatorjandro
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Got a bunch of rain here in Florida yesterday.A couple tornadoes too.
jamesinclair
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Basement is flooding :/
It didnt even flood during sandy
It didnt even flood during sandy
The Librarian
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Aren't you in California?
perfectchaos007
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Stay Safe Vera Cruz GAF. Watch out for those mudslides
maquiladora
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It's been a slow start to the seaon so far in the Atlantic, but it looks like we could have a new tropical cyclone soon. Something for the Caribbean and then maybe later the SE US to keep an eye on.
legacyzero
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Think we'll be looking at another big one this year, GAF?
maquiladora
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The Colorado State University forecast thinks so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Mid-season_outlooks
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I love how, for once, a mild tropical rainmaker eschews Louisiana in favor of the upper Texas coast and we still don't see a drop of rain because weather.
perfectchaos007
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Waters in the Caribbean still aren't warm enough to cause a storm that enters to grow that much in strength. Chantal will be a nice little storm to follow but probably won't even make it as a hurricane.
Still enough to fuck up my weekend of camping in the Keys though. At least I can cancel two days if it looks bad and go in on Monday for M / T. Might even be able to pick up a reservation for W/R at the place I have to cancel my Sat/Sun reservation.
It's still five days away. They can't accurately predict that far out. It may not even make it to Florida.
maquiladora
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If the current forecast is right, you won't have any problems.
Jag
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Yep, looks like it will weaken before it hits the Miami area, if it even does. Just be aware that these things are always day to day and the further out we are, the less accurate the forecast.
perfectchaos007
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Did they re define the center? It moved due West in that last update.
Jest Chillin
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Man. I was hoping not to have anything worth keeping an eye on until later this year. ;/ Been in Key West for less than 12 months and already I'm missing our last duty station. Ah well. At least the storms that don't threaten to evacuate us at least look cool.
I didn't know there were other Gaffers in Wilmington NC...
When something is confirmed hurricane and looks like there are around 3-4 days of possibility it will hit you, go stock up on gas for the car and water and such.
Shit can get messy when the power goes out. Also if you have money buy a generator if you own your own place. Also try and freeze a bunch of water bottles to keep as cooling pieces to keep stuff cold for a few hours longer.
perfectchaos007
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rainy day. a TS or even a Cat 1. is rarely a threat unless it stalls over land which causes flooding risks
I also recommend a generator; you don't need a big storm for the power to go out, and having a generator can be really helpful if it does. I lived in Florida for about 6 years, and I think one of the best pieces of advice is to stock up early; you don't want to be stuck waiting around or unable to get access to certain supplies.
its all fun and games until the neighbors roof flies off and kills you. I have experiences.
For anyone interested there's a good graphic here that shows the expected wind damage from different categories of hurricane (it's about 10 mb):
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
Also you can view estimated cumulative 3, 5, and 7 day rainfall totals for the continental US here:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php
Also you can view estimated cumulative 3, 5, and 7 day rainfall totals for the continental US here:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/qpf2.shtml
perfectchaos007
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Theres a chance this could be a Jacksonville storm. They don't get storms too often, but they had one a couple years ago, almost 50 years after their previous storm.
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