Tropical Storm Colin

NOAA/NHC ^ | 5 June 2016 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Tropical Depression 3 has formed in the extreme southern Gulf of Mexico. A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the Florida Gulf Coast from Indian Pass to Englewood. The primary hazards with this system are expected to be flooding from heavy rains and some coastal flooding from storm surge. This system is expected to develop into Tropical Storm Colin.

Public Advisories

[NautiNurse]

Florida weather can be scary at times when you aren't used to it. As the old saying goes, if you don't like Florida weather, wait fifteen minutes and it will change.

Fortunately, we are getting occasional breaks in the rain, allowing brief relief opportunities for the dogs. We've topped 5" of rain thus far in our coastal location. Rain guage shows 3" in the past several hours, added to 2.3" by 0700 today.

[Islander7]

I’m in Arcadia. The heavy rain began here about 45 minutes ago. Several more hours to go. Wind 15 and gusty. Great afternoon nap weather but I’m at work.

[SE Mom]

Got home from work...took my corgi out to walk..barely a drizzle...by the time we walked back into house we were both drenched from head to paws...came on fast.

Friends in Tarpon have 4 inches of rain so far.

Going to dry off now!

[NautiNurse]

...Heavy rains from Colin spreading across much of
Florida...southern Georgia...and South Carolina...

Summary of 400 PM CDT...2100 UTC...information
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location...28.8n 85.5w
about 70 mi...110 km SSW of Apalachicola Florida
about 190 mi...305 km WNW of Tampa Florida
maximum sustained winds...50 mph...85 km/h
present movement...NNE or 30 degrees at 23 mph...37 km/h
minimum central pressure...1002 mb...29.59 inches

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles
to the southeast of the center.to the southeast of the center.

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[LonePalm]

Listening to Jimmy Buffett's "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season."

"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[sheikdetailfeather]

Per 96.5 radio 585 people in Altamonte Springs are out of power. It will be restored about 7pm. Here is a link to severe weather warnings:

http://kamala.cod.edu/svr/

[ThomasThomas]

It is wrong to give Tropical Storms and Hurricanes names. This is very stressful to people who have the same name give to them. I had a friend who could not use her give first name for several years. I took 6 months before she would talk to her parents. She choose to go by Wendy instead. She felt that no one could be so instinctive as to name a storm “Wendy”. I told her that they have never used names starting with Q, U, X, Y, Z. You would think in our overly political correct society the would have already been addressed.

Numbers have problems too! What if the number matched something in your life. The number in line at the dry cleaners or the floor you work or live on. Irrational numbers might be a solution but they would take the news media too long to say them and people would die because they didn’t evacuate in time.

Some days I like to self identify as the number one plus the square root of five divided by two. But for now I don’t need to fear this happening.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Thanks for the ping!

[SSS Two]

I'm watching Buoy SGOF1 which is about 50 miles from Colin's reported center as of 4:00 CDT. The buoy reported a high windspeed of 36 m.p.h. at that time. It's hard to reconcile the report of this buoy with the statement that "tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles".

[SSS Two]

The location of T.S. Colin hasn't been reported recently, but we can infer that it is pretty much due south of Buoy SGOF1 since the buoy is reporting winds coming from due east (88-90 degrees). Even though T.S. Colin is getting closer to Buoy SGOF1, its reported windspeeds have declined quite a bit to 25 m.p.h.

[NautiNurse]

Greater Tampa Bay area has several thousand without power.

[NautiNurse]

When you have it all figured out, will you help us pick up the tree branches, twigs and leaves that have littered our street, driveway, and swimming pool?

[SSS Two]

Nauti ... Only 31 m.p.h. winds in Tampa. Have you seen anywhere report tropical storm force winds yet? The NHC says T.S. Colin has 50 m.p.h. winds.

[NautiNurse]

This is a goofy storm. The wind field is really displaced SE from the estimated center of circulation. We had hoped the winds would have passed by now. Multiple power surges. Rainfall at 6 inches. We're ready for a break. The dogs are ready for a break.

[SSS Two]

I agree it's a goofy storm. It may not even be a tropical storm. At 7:00 p.m. the center of T.S. Colin was reported to be 10 miles from Buoy SGOF1, yet the buoy reported only 23 m.p.h winds at that time.

That map produced by the NHC is simply not credible.

[NautiNurse]

You are an idiot who turns your complete lack of knowledge about tropical storm systems into
conspiracy theories. Do not post to this thread.

[SSS Two]

We're getting closer to tropical storm strength at 36 m.p.h., Nauti. My theory is that the NHC reports windspeeds that are actual windspeeds + 10-15 m.p.h. Since the NHC reports 50 m.p.h., we may find a location with a brief observation of minimal tropical storm force winds if we keep looking.

Why is looking for windspeeds a conspiracy theory? I honestly don't understand your point of view.

[SSS Two]

Oops! I didn’t notice that your graph was knots! T.S. Colin has 41 m.p.h. winds. In line with my theory. I also notice that the Fred Howard Park station is way out a manmade causeway. Since I count barrier islands as land-based stations, I’ll count the FHP station as land based, too.

[NautiNurse]

And I don't understand why you are such an idiot conspiracy theorist. Start your own NHC
conspiracy thread. Don't spoil this thread for everyone who is looking for information.
Stop the madness.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

THANKS AGAIN for your great, accurate and easy to follow thread..I wish that goofball conspiracy theorist would quit posting. We just want the basic info.

Rains heavier and some thunder rumblings in Jax, fl now.We heard it was supposed to hit us hardest about midnight.
Pupster is alerting me already. I have her thundershirt at the ready, if we need it tonight.