Prospero

I'd be happy with a strong beautiful Hurricane Rose to watch out at sea.

September is going quick. I stop in now and then, work is very busy right now, so barely following this forum. October and November is what I expected to be intense. But hey, my posted numbers are the worst of the batch. A "watcher" who thinks he is intuitive cannot compete with real mets. I'm hoping for a quiet nice October in Florida with a few outdoor plans in place. November? Let it rock!

Nicholas came to be. Surprise? Yes and no. I was too busy working to follow this one. (I hate when that happens!) Just looking at YouTube videos. Surfside Beach in TX took a hit, some real damage and flood prone roads are beat up and washed out with a storm surge of a few feet. Looks like most homes are on stilts and most survived OK, but a few that are older or cheated on requirements suffered. Great wind videos, some flooding. Nicholas made an impact. "Surfside" in the news...again? First this year the condo falling in Surfside, FL. Horrible. A storm was approaching after it fell, but major news was all over it as soon as it collapsed. Now Nicholas hits TX and I keep hearing "Surfside" this and that on the news and on Weather Channel. Surfside again. My Clearwater Beach client has vacation rentals and our beach cam is in Surfside Condos on Clearwater Beach. So any time "Surfside" is mentioned on the news we get a huge spike in web traffic. But we'd prefer "good" news!! We did have over 20K webcam visitors when Fred came by. Cool with us. Not the best vacation promotion, of course. But not a bad live video stream beach time except for the black sky over the Gulf, everybody was having fun on the beach. There is also a Surfside Condos in SC and I expect they see the same traffic on their websites. I'm just hoping this year is not a "Surfside" disaster year with hurricanes or anything else! I hope we here on the Gulf Coast and Surfside Condos on the beach in SC both escape national news this year! If there is a Surfside something in NY or NJ, I would be worried...

I don't see any reliable webcams south of Galveston, but there are a few up there. https://www.pleasurepier.com/piercam.html https://www.galveston.com/webcams/babes-beach-videocam/ https://www.galveston.com/webcams/murdochsvideocam/ https://www.61stpier.com/piercam Surf is a kickin' a bit.

Some wind kicking up...

Was sitting outside having a fantasy about Jim Cantori talking about the GFS 15 day out model hurricane on the east coast of Florida with kids doing cartwheels behind him. When I went in my wife had on the Weather Channel and they had that new lemon bringing floods to Texas. I had to laugh to myself. But yea, could be a flood maker I guess.

Fantasycanes are great. I'm excited about fantasychasers and definitely fantasylive storm cams! Maybe we have an entire new billion dollar industry at hand! Fantasyweather Channel!!!

Tropical Storm conditions for certain at Panacea Channel last night:

Good call, @SnowenOutThere when very few of us were paying attention. Go Mindy!!

I will. My best fried is named Larry. He lives in the SF Bay Area and we talked on the phone yesterday about many things. Then he asked me if I knew the name of the hurricane going on. LOL I knew long before he had even heard of it. "Of course I know, I follow storms." Funny he is on a four layover flight from SF to visit his family in NYC right now. I hope he gets some rain or some kind of weather from Larry while he is there.

Aren't you like a teenager kid who likes storms? Maybe 1/4 of my age? You have earned my respect, look forward to being near 100 years old watching you on 3D virtual reality whatever the medium is in 30 years with global live radar and crazy graphics and forecasting models that are accurate 10 to 14 days out! A holographic of whoever you are pointing to the same quality in stunning presentations of the current storms. Hopefully the live cam we were all addicted to during Ida is only the beginning of what we can see one day live in 3D with full sound where no chaser should ever attempt. Anyway had a big meeting with one of my main clients on Clearwater Beach today planning photo shoots of their vacation condos. The weather coming up over the next few days will not be conducive for shooting, so mid-next week if all goes well. But we kicked around what this system might do. No major fears, but also we all are ready for more than just rain, just in case. We are all watching.

Curious what the models will do with 91L now that it appears to be in the Gulf with some convection. Just waiting for the 18Z to load up... Edit: Maybe nothing.

Some serious powerful energy going on in there.

Things really dry up around here between now and November when cold fronts start coming down, except for the occasional tropical systems. We'll take the rain for sure. We also know that this is the time of year when surprises happen over the Gulf, so anything that is worthy of tracking is worthy of watching carefully. Sometimes systems just pop up almost overnight and get a name in 24 to 48 hours in September and October.

Interesting observation. I'll be watching much more closely... The forecast has definitely shifted east since I last looked and Tampa Bay is right on the edge of the yellow blob.

I'm highly entertained. Especially being out over the open ocean. Still, to me, not like the eyes we watched approaching the Yucatan last year. But still impressive even with Larry's occasional eye flaws.

That reminded me of a "rare and different tune", Terrapin Station. Then it hit me that if Larry was cruising along to a song, it would be that song -- growing, spinning, never ending.... While crickets and cicadas sing a rare and different tune Terrapin station In the shadow of the moon, terrapin station And I know we'll be there soon, terrapin I can't figure out, terrapin if it's the end or beginning, terrapin But the train's put it's brakes on, terrapin And the whistle is screaming, terrapin

Larry the Storm Guy

What a beauty this morning!

Oh the frustration of living in the year 2021 when global 3D radar is still yet to be developed. Maybe in ten years we'll watch live radar anywhere on the planet.

Like a small wound to Larry's eye. Filling in already, but weird. OK, I'm not supposed to say anything, but I "hear" dropping high CBD hemp seeds into a hurricane eye can throw it off. I guess the eye relaxes. They tried high THC but the effects it made the eye tighter and turned it red. Can't remember if it is Russia, China, or Jamaica. Whoever, maybe they are playing with Larry? Damn long flight though from anywhere.

yea, weird. The 96 frame IR clip shows it.

I suspect it is not as clear as it appears, the visible just earlier with the sun was less clear. But it sure looks clear, doesn't it?

Wow, looks even better after the sun set.