Posted on 06/01/2007 1:39:25 PM PDT by dirtboy
...Tropical Storm Barry forms in the Gulf of Mexico...
at 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC... a Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the West Coast of Florida from Bonita Beach northward to Keaton Beach...and a tropical storm watch has been issued from north of Keaton Beach to St. Marks. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours and a tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 500 PM EDT...2100z...the center of Tropical Storm Barry was located near latitude 24.2 north...longitude 85.5 west or about 320 miles...520 km...southwest of Tampa Florida and about 235 miles... 375 km...west of Key West Florida.
Barry is moving toward the north near 12 mph...19 km/hr. A gradual turn to the north-northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected during the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph...75 km/hr...with higher gusts. No significant change in strength is anticipated before Barry reaches the coast.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 90 miles...150 km mainly to the north and east of the center.
Minimum central pressure reported by a reconnaissance aircraft was 1000 mb...29.53 inches. Coastal storm surge flooding of up to 3 to 5 feet above normal tide levels...along with large and dangerous battering waves...are possible in the warning area near and to the right of where the center of Barry makes landfall. Barry is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 3 to 6 inches over the Florida Keys and peninsula into southeastern Georgia with possible isolated maximum amounts of 10 inches. Repeating the 500 PM EDT position...24.2 N...85.5 W. Movement toward...north near 12 mph. Maximum sustained winds...45 mph. Minimum central pressure...1000 mb.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 800 PM EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 1100
Gas??? Orange juice is already twice as much as gasoline! Pray for the orange trees!
If that thing crosses the isthmus, we could have 2 storms of the same letter the first time in history.
Yeah, they recycle names for storms every 6 years unless they retire the names.
From the 2001 list, there will never be a Tropical Storm/Hurricane Allison again.
I told my husband the same thing. A steady light rain is going to do more good for our yards than a short deluge.
I’m just SW and right now there is nice steady moderate rain and a few small gusts. Ready for more
Hurricane season is over. This “Barry” storm is the season’s last gasp.
So on the chance Barry and Barbara merge (100% unlikely) do we have a trans-gender storm?
I’m so thankful for this storm. Just a trop, enough rain (I hope) without the wind damage.
Sweeeet, we need this one.
Jammer
We share the same city. I’m also in good ole’ ST Pete
The rain is getting heavy now, so hope the ground an absorb it well so it doesn’t just run off taking topsoil with it! Sure is a heavenly sound on my roof!
Serious question: is “Barry” the shortened form of some longer name? i.e., “Harry” for “Harold” or “Billy” for “William.”
I can’t imagine that someone would just name a child “Barry.”
Credit The Kingston Trio - The Merry Minuet
*They’re rioting in Africa ...
*doot doot da doo dee doot doot
*They’re starving in Spain ...
*doot doot da doo dee doot
*There’s hurricanes in Florida ...
*doot doot da doo dee doot doot
*And Texas needs rain!
In Late May or June the normal pattern of weather is for Caribbean lows to form south of Cuba and travel north. Near every year in the recent past the pattern has been the same. Now we have such sensitive satellites, we send a plane into every rainstorm and record the winds, if they are near 45 mph the NHC gives it a name. Partly because insurance won’t cover “no name storms”.
I just got off the phone with my son in Tampa. He said they have tropical storm warnings and its raining cats and dogs there.
My son said Lake Okeechobee caught fire. Now thats dry!
There may have been storms in the 1950s, 1960s and even 1970s that are of the current size of Barry -- with 50 mph winds -- that would not have made much news back then.
It was a while before there were weather satellites taking pics of the Gulf and the Atlantic.
So the fact that we have a number of named storms in the last few years would not have happened in the 1950s -- storms that appeared, were named and then disappeared off the coast of Africa may not have made any weather history book.
Today we can take pictures of the thunderstorms at your grandmothers house, and save them to tell your grandchildren... About the thunderstorm on the way to grandma's in 2007...
Thanx for your concern though - its good to have friends check in.
I do have my HAM rig, VHF/UHF, cell phone and Marine VHF for communications - trust, but be ready anyway is my motto.
Great to know WB,,,ya’ll need the “wet” not the wind,,,
Be Safe my FRiend...;0)
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