Depressing weekend ahead on the Gulf Coast

[FLPanhandle]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT13/refresh/AL1311W5_NL+gif/234113W5_NL_sm.gif

"The large size and slow motion of the cyclone during the next 5 days
is likely to produce a prolonged period of tropical storm
conditions and heavy rainfall over portions of the northern Gulf
Coast."


Although sometimes sitting on the porch with a glass of wine watching a storm can be fun. Fellow Gulf Coasters, try to stay dry and find some fun in all this.

I hope none of that oil is spread up here though. Sucks I have to worry more about BP than the Tropical Storm.

[dgibby]

1. Stay safe.

Don't take any unnecessary chances. Not only do you have to worry about the Gulf oil spill, but there's another one in the Mobile river. Grim. I can hardly wait for the pipeline to get approved.NOT!

[FLPanhandle]

2. There's a spill in the Mobile river?

That sucks. Mobile Bay is a great estuary.

[dgibby]

4. Yep.

I posted this yesterday, but it dropped like a stone. Couldn't compete with "dategate", I guess.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1858654

[FLPanhandle]

5. I guess the media had the same priorities, I didn't even see it in our local news.

Dategate :rofl:

[deaniac21]

3. We would sure take that weekend up here in Arkansas. We've

been hot and dry as a bone.

[FLPanhandle]

6. I'm sure.

We started the year that way, but we are all caught up with our rain now.

Up to 20 inches maybe out of this.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. check out today's cool satillite loop of the area.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/flash-wv.html

VERY impressive how much water vapor is moving around the whole Eastern seaboard.

[kentauros]

9. You really like that site, dontcha?

:P

My only wish for it would be some kind of key besides the color graph, so I knew what the water densities were, maybe by humidity percentages :)

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. I think the color graph under the loop image gives a hint.

Darker the color, more water vapor? That is how I was blearily reading it, anyhow.

[kentauros]

12. Yes, that's how it works.

I was just wanting more information ;) Just some idea of where that color-bar graph starts in humidity and up to what level for the highest. Because I don't think the lowest is 0% percent humidity. If it was, I'd be long dead from static shock! :P

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Gotcha.

and again, thanks for your posting the site a few days ago. I DO like it, and find it fascinating.
:hi:

[kentauros]

14. It is very fascinating to watch those loops,

and then the "floaters" when there are storms of interest :)

There's a "Weather Watchers" forum here that doesn't get any traffic any more, but it might be a good place to pool all of our links and online resources for everyone. I'll make a thread for that in a while, but here's the link to that forum if you want to go first:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=328

:hi:

[cwydro]

8. We could use the rain

in NC.

[RebelOne]

10. We will be getting some of that rain here in North Georgia.

It will probably reach NC after it passes through Georgia.