Friday, August 14, 2009

Friday/6:15PM

WEATHER CODE: NON SEVERE


Dry weather and comfortable temperatures will continue through the rest of the night, and it still looks to stay that way through the weekend.

All attention is on the tropics as several disturbances are now active. The only hurricane we have is hurricane Guillermo, and this is in the Eastern Pacific. This is expected to weaken as it progresses. Still something to keep an eye on as it heads west.

The main focus, however, is another wave that is currently in the eastern Pacific. This is forecasted to strengthen rapidly into a tropical storm tomorrow, and potentially a hurricane by Sunday. The number 2 on the picture below is the wave that is being watched very closely.
(CLICK ON ANY IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW)

The 12Z GFS now has a hurricane hitting eastern Florida 228 hours out, and it could be a major hurricane at that. (Image below) Computer models will be shifting the next several days on where this storm will end up. Bottom line is...if you live anywhere from the Gulf Coast to the East coast...you need to monitor this situation.

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