TS Laura and Marco

NOAA/NHC ^ | 21 August 2020 | NOAA/NHC

[Jane Long]

We were stuck, for hours, in the Rita traffic.

HORRIBLE!! We had two carfuls of kids and pets.....w/no potties in sight.

Finally, an angel Sheriff appeared and directed us off of the interstate and onto a back road that got us to outside of San Antonio, in pretty good time (w/safe potty stops and food, along the route).

[NautiNurse]

That is a story for eternity. Sweet.

[NautiNurse]

2004 was the year of the plywood windows and a dark "crack house" motif for much of the summer. Invested in the storm screens after that. Big difference!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you for the correction from PR.

Still overcast here in the DR, only modest winds on the south coast. Rain bands passing through with heavy, but short-lived, rain.

[Robert A Cook PE]

8<)

[NautiNurse]

Were the stores crazy busy today?

[Robert A Cook PE]

No, no they were not. I walked up the main blvd past the hotel to the local Supermedcardo, and saw lots of customers - But they were lined up (COVID separation dist ants) in front of the watch and jewelry store, the cell phone store, the clothes store. The big grocery store was busy - yes, crowded - but everybody looked more like they were getting normal Saturday levels of stuff. Shelves were near-full too.

Same at the pharmacia next door.

I got two 6 packs, several cans of soup and tuna fish, and two large boxes of crackers. Water bottles and coffee were already back at the room. Flashlights, backup lights and extra batteries.

[NautiNurse]

500 PM NHC Update

TS Laura	TS Marco
Laura Headed for the Dominican Republic	BIG Changes to the Forecast Map for Marco... Storm Surge and Hurricane Watches Issued for the Northern Gulf Coast...
Location About 125 MI ESE of Santo Domingo DR Max Sustained Winds...50 MPH Moving W at 18 MPH Pressure 1004 MB A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the FL Keys from Ocean Reef to Key West.	Location About 50 MI W of the Western Tip of Cuba Max Sustained Winds...65 MPH Moving NNW at 13 MPH Pressure 992 MB A Hurricane Watch has been issued from Intracoastal City LA eastward to the MS/AL border, including Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Metropolitan New Orleans.

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[Rebelbase]

Projected impacts are within about 50 miles of each other and 36 hours apart. Tell me this isn’t 2020.

[PeteB570]

Looks like I get to sit these ones out. Carolina coast is clear - for now.

[Eleutheria5]

Dr. Fu Manchu is at it again.

[rodguy911]

Thanks as usual for doing the normal fantastic job that you do NN,no one better!
I have been watching Laura for a few days now with the first track pointed directly at us which was actually reassuring.When a storm is pointed directly at your home as Laura was a few days ago odds on it keeping that track or really low.Its more likely to go either north or south of us since they don't go in the same direction forever,they always move.This one moved South and I'm glad.
We are now out of the cone and unless it moves north we wont get any really bad issues from Laura.
This is a storm to watch however.
Some of the forecasts are for it to move over Hispanola and Cuba and still stay at 50 knots and keep its circulation which means its a serious storm. Lots of times they lose a lot when the center crosses land especially the mountains of both islands, we shall see.
Once again we go into prime time storm season without any meaningful buoy info thanks to NOAA.
Key to this storm,information wise, would have been Molasses reef light.This info has been gone for over a year which supports my argument that much of NOAA needs to be privatized.

[rodguy911]

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=songs+with+laura+inthe+title&atb=v194-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3Yzgqclyvx0

Have to play this one as she approaches.

[rodguy911]

I wonder if the bottom center is from Marco?

[rodguy911]

Only if it targets Key West....

[NautiNurse]

The one raking over Cuba is Laura. Now we officially have Crossfire Hurricane! 45 and his magnificent Hurricane Machine...

[DoodleDawg]

Interesting. Last evening our local meteorologist said the Fujiwhara potential was low because of the small area in the Gulf of Mexico.

It's academic anyway. Latest projections have Marco making landfall in Louisiana when Laura is still over Cuba.

[Viking2002]

Whoa, Nelly. And here it looked like we were gonna dodge two bullets. Gotta get back outside and try to get the yard work finished, before one or both pull another Crazy Ivan and track any further east. We may be getting a spot of weather after all.

[Robert A Cook PE]

What did the NOAA do to its buoys? Think they were too sexist or something? (Maybe they could get more funding if they were girlies? )

[DrewsMum]

No. But I expected some kind of shenanigans out of hurricane season this year. Just didn’t expect twinsies.