Heating Up
At 10AM CDT Invest 90L was upgraded to Tropical Depression Four and seems likely to become Hurricane Dean at some point. It is currently on track to cross the Lesser Antilles as a Cat 1 hurricane at the end of the week.
Invest 91L is currently located between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba and is projected to become Tropical Storm Erin before coming ashore around the mouth of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.
In the Pacific, Hurricane Flossie is maintaining Cat 4 status, but appears to be on track to pass south of Hawaii and provide a lot of much needed rain. Thanks to the climate change, Hawaii has been experiencing drought conditions and needs all the rain it can get. The pineapple is going to be tough.
It’s August and time for the tropics to get active.
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walmart is the only place i can find the cheap unscented clay cat litter [of which i seem to need a lot these days] so i stopped in and stocked up today. i probably should have bought that large-dog crate while i was at it. maybe two of them, one for mom and kits, one for the almost-cats.
Just keep an eye on it. I finally bought the first 5 gallons for my Mother’s generator because it was $2.63/gallon.
Invest 91L looks like a Tex-Mex storm, and TD4 could start heading more North, but the season is now in prime time.
[…] Why Now: At 10AM CDT Invest 90L was upgraded to Tropical Depression Four and seems likely to become Hurricane Dean at some point. It is currently on track to cross the Lesser Antilles as a Cat 1 hurricane at the end of the week. Invest 91L is currently located between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba and is projected to become Tropical Storm Erin before coming ashore around the mouth of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. […]
(Sigh.) Here we go again…
“Invest 91L” sounds like a stock tip. I’d prefer not to take it.
It still looks on track for the border and becoming a middling tropical storm.
Bryan, it looks like I’ll get a bye on 91L, based on all the models shown on Weather Underground. The Texas-Mexico border may not be so lucky. We can only hope it is a weak storm.
As to T.S. Dean, it’s really too early to tell; the models vary too much at this point. You could see it, I could see it (a long shot, but not impossible), or… who knows.
I presume you’re ready for whatever comes. I have everything I need, except patience.
I forgot to mention Flossie. (My dentist would not approve of the omission.) They look like they’re in for some weather in Hawaii, even if it’s not a direct hit. Considering everything, this time around, I’ll cheerfully stay put.
TBogg is taking his daughter to college at the University of Hawaii today. That’s going to be a great welcome, although Oahu is well north of the projected path.
91L looks to be a mainly rain event for the river valley and higher waves on the Texas coast.
Dean’s center keeps reforming south and west of the assumed point. I assume the Hurricane Hunters will fly in from Puerto Rico soon and get a better fix for the computer models to work with.
The Zaca Fire’s heating up….everyone thought we were at the base of Mount Vesuvius today..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bildon/1119003354/in/set-72157601446104457/
The ridges act like chimneys and flues for the fire, enabling it to burst back in fits and starts.