Decent looking shelf on the outflow. Probably had close to a 40 MPH gust (station only measured 25 about a mile away.) Very little lightning. Dropped the temp and dew significantly, so there's that.
Saw them last year while jet skiing down at Corsons Inlet. We were jumping waves and you'd see them swimming beneath you. Thousands of them. They were big Cownose rays. Very cool.
Yeah, the ocean is very warm almost everywhere. Tropical systems shouldn't have too much trouble with strength, at least as far as the ocean is concerned.
It's been one wet start to July. Dew point on Friday peaked at 79.4F and I'm up to 4.7 inches of rain in a week. Only one day without measurable rainfall. Actually only had two days reach 90F, though. It's currently 83.9, 73.
Here's the non cell phone photo of the tornado warned storm in GloCo this afternoon. There was a wall cloud with this storm, but the rotation was weakening as I arrived. Was still an ominous looking storm with a low base and lots of scud.
Chased the tornado warned storm in GloCo. There was some nice rotation when I arrived, but it mostly lost it a couple minutes after. I'm still on the storm and it's still good looking.