[AzaleaCity5691]

Oh, it's gonna hit here.

We've had bad flooding this year, so it's gonna be our storm that this storm hits here, and it ain't even been 9 months since Ivan hit.

[nmh]

I would imagine this would affect Aruba. Hope if she's there ... this doesn't stop their search/rescue. Evidence would be destroyed ... .

[NautiNurse]

For more comfortable reading...

Statement as of 5:00 PM EDT on June 08, 2005

 

...Tropical depression forms in the northwestern Caribbean...

At 5 PM EDT...2100z...the government of Cuba has issued a tropical
storm watch for western Cuba for the province of Pinar del Rio and
the Isle of Youth.

 
Interests in the northwestern Caribbean should closely monitor the
progress of this system.

 
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

 
At 5 PM EDT...2100z...the poorly-defined center of Tropical
Depression One was located near latitude 17.2 north... longitude
84.0 west or about 235 miles... 375 km... southwest of Grand Cayman
and about 315 miles... 510 km...south of the western tip of Cuba.

 
The depression is moving slowly northward as it organizes...but is
expected to begin moving toward the north near 7 mph...11 km/hr
tonight and Thursday.

 
Maximum sustained winds are near  30 mph... 45 km/hr...with higher
gusts...mainly in rainbands to the north and east of the center.
Some strengthening is forecast...and the depression has the
potential to become a tropical storm during the next 24 hours.

 
The minimum central pressure measured by a reconnaissance aircraft
was 1004 mb...29.65 inches.

 
Heavy rainfall...accompanied by squalls...should begin to spread
across the Cayman Islands and western Cuba tonight and Thursday.

 
Repeating the 5 PM EDT position...17.2 N... 84.0 W. Movement
toward...north near 7 mph. Maximum sustained winds... 30 mph.
Minimum central pressure...1004 mb.

 
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane
Center at 8 PM EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 11 PM
EDT.

 
Forecaster Knabb/Avila

[dakine]

All right, where is Mr. "sunken island", aka "666"?

[Libertarian444]

[dawn53]

Thanks for the ping.

We bought a generator last week. We're ready!

Lucked into a great deal at Home Depot. We were out in the car, passing a Home Depot and hubby went in to check out the generators.

They were not only on sale, with no tax (tax holiday on hurricane supplies in Florida), but HD was also giving you the price of the tax as an extra discount.

All I wanted a generator for is so I can have my coffee made in my Farberwear Percolator in the AM, LOL!

[MinuteGal]

This is why I just sold my waterfront house here on the Florida central gulf coast (that reason plus the unreal local real estate boom, LOL).

Now, for the first time in two decades I can look down on water from my eagle's nest on the third floor of a great condo......instead of sweating out water coming over a seawall.

Don't have to continually lug that heavy lawn furniture, etc. into the garage all summer.

It's always the water and flooding that's worrisome in my part of the palm woods. The wind is less of a worry.

Leni

[Lonely Bull]

The 8 PM EDT update (advisory 1A) is up. It's similar to the first one.

[UB355]

Great, my son and his new wife just left for Cancun today

[UB355]

Great my stepson and new wife left for Cancun today

[VeniVidiVici]

WooHoo!

Anybody have any good maps that shows the locn of the Bermuda High?

Is this the ridge they refer to in the article?

[SheLion]

Saving to keep track.