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57 minutes ago, Tallis Rockwell said:

Nasty but how will the shear progress?

Shear is increasing.

4 minutes ago, Tallis Rockwell said:

All that focus on Laura, while Marco might've always been the real threat.

How bad is the shear? I didn't see much of it yesterday. (Then again the models have been sh!^.)

Marco's intensification is about to come to a grinding halt. High shear awaits. 

20 minutes ago, Prospero said:

Just had Storm Fitters come by yesterday to give an estimate on some storm protection for windows that we have always used plywood on. We pay $100.00 a month for storage space mostly for the plywood that is ten years old. We can't leave it in our backyard shed as termites and ants would eat it up. But at more than $12K over ten years, it is very expensive plywood. Glad we had it for Irma though.

Bummer that they are 8 to 10 weeks out for delivery if we approve the estimate...

But we still have the plywood.

Here in Gulfport, Florida we have received about a 1/4 of rain in the past few weeks. This is supposed to be our rainy season, and it is almost over except the passing tropical storms. We need really rain. A couple miles north of us, they get rain every day. UGH.

BTW, this forum keeps me entertained, even when nothing is brewing! Better to be bored with friends than watching radar all day alone and waiting for a thunderstorm to pop up.

 

Our rainy season is so dependent on the ridge. Last year was very dry in Orlando and all the storms were pinned on the West coast...stronger east wind. The WAR this year brings light winds and is allowing the east and west coast breezes to move well inland. We are very wet this summer. 

23 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Reposting here to save me the work  

 

Those anomalies off the Florida coastline stick out.  I read Biscayne Bay hit 90F this week.

2 hours ago, Windspeed said:

 

What is the main cause of dry air in the MDR this season? Just SAL or some other climatologic factor? Or maybe that is just normal this time of year?

the "expected" west coast mocking:

http://sanfrancisco....ocial-networks/

i get it, sort of, but it's kind of silly with no comparison to building codes. also, i think some of the major media did us a disservice by running "joke" stories akin to those facebook etc images of a chair knocked over in the grass etc. much of the damage might be superficial but it's rather significant by our standards still.

I laugh at West Coasters beating their chests over our quake. This coming from the same people (L.A.) that had a collective panic attack for part of a freeway shutting down over a weekend just a month ago. I also remember being in Seattle one January and it was top news that the low temp was to be 26F!! They gave tips to the public on how to survive and protect your homes.