Hurricane Season not over yet, Tropical Depression 24 has formed

[CatholicEdHead]

just SW of Jamacia. It is expected to move into the Gulf as the week goes on as a Cat 2 to Cat 3. Currently the west coast of FL or the Panhandle would be possible landfall areas. The GFS/MRF model is pushing it across Florida from Tampa to Orlando out to Jacksonville and then go just off the coast along the eastern seaboard.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/150811.shtml?5day?large

[flvegan]

1. I can't tell you how wrong I hope this is...

[Massacure]

2. Wilma is the last name in the list. Alpha, here we come!!!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. Wow. That's odd. n/t

[FloridaPat]

4. Now that's my worst nightmare - a direct hit to Tampa. Guess I

better get the windows covered.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. Upon closer inspection, the Ft Myers area would get the worst

going by the track of the run.

http://weather.unisys.com/mrf/6e/mrf_4panel_6e.html

It will of course change in the next few days.

[FloridaPat]

6. And there's always those last minute changes. Little tweaks!

[sleipnir]

7. Landfall being predicted as Cat 2 or 3 by the weather blogs.

And unless things change dramatically, it's going to be a panhandle hit.

But, we know how accurate these things can be and blogs/discussion boards can also be notoriously inaccurate :evilgrin: