Tropical Storm Barry forms in Gulf of Mexico.

[RL3AO]

Advisories will be intiated at 5 ET.

[arcos]

1. And moving fast to Florida... nt

[Warpy]

2. There are several suspicious areas around the Gulf

and activity is finally picking up off the coast of Africa.

The forecasters might actually be correct this year, although I hope not.

[UTUSN]

5. "several suspicious areas around the Gulf" ... We'd better get them fences built!!1 n/t

[Warpy]

9. Yeah. but no wind farms

They might change the million dollar view.

[RL3AO]

3. I'm still a little stunned this thing developed. Conditions were not that favorable.

[Sadie5]

4. Where in Florida will it hit

My daughter lives in Florida near the Alabama state line. This worries me.

[RL3AO]

6. No. This is a blessing. Florida and Georgia needs rain.

The chance of becoming a hurricane, in my opinion is less that 2%.

[AWESOM-O]

11. Indeed. Also, it will certainly put out a lot of those fires.

Once this thing hits land, it will spread out like all tropical systems do, and blanket much of the southern east coast with much needed rain.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Indeed!

[HeeBGBz]

16. He seems to be bucking the odds

The winds are up to 60ish mph during the invest flight and they may upgrade it to hurricane before it makes landfall.

786
URNT12 KNHC 012116
VORTEX DATA MESSAGE
A. 01/21:00:20Z
B. 24 deg 13 min N
085 deg 30 min W
C. NA mb NA m
D. 50 kt
E. 290 deg 016 nm
F. 351 deg 067 kt
G. 256 deg 004 nm
H. EXTRAP 998 mb
I. 21 C/ 274 m
J. 22 C/ 466 m
K. / C/ NA
L. NA
M. NA
N. 1345 / 1
O. 0.02 / 2 nm
P. AF307 01BBA INVEST OB 14
MAX FL WIND 67 KT W QUAD 20:58:50 Z
SLP EXTRAP FROM 1500 FT.

[RL3AO]

7. Forecast models.

[loudestchick]

12. Planning a trip to Savannah for the 13th --will it be outta there by then?

[RL3AO]

13. Yeah.

[RL3AO]

8. Its up on the NHC site.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT02/refresh/AL0207W_sm2+gif/204024W_sm.gif

[RamblingRose]

10. Hopefully it won't develop into anything bad and Florida & S. Georgia will get

some much needed rain.

[NCarolinawoman]

15. North Carolina needs this rain desperately as well.

Some times these storms turn into a tropical depression, with little wind, lots of water, very quickly.

I may call this storm, "Barry the Good".

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Oh please don't hit NOLA!

:scared:

[piedmont]

17. Woo-Hoo!!!!!!! Finally some rain for Georgia!

I hate feeling guilty about watering my vegetable garden. I don't even have water in the rain barrel.

[RL3AO]

18. USAF Recon shows it continues to get stronger. Pressure is down to 998mb.

[uppityperson]

20. Reading expectation is tornados will be the biggest problem

big of surge, wind, rain, but tornados will be a problem. Best of luck to those having Barry visit.

[tkmorris]

21. This storm really is a blessing

It has NO chance to develop into a seriously damaging storm, but it is producing lots of rain currently over South and Central Florida. Most of the rain is east of the center and the forecast track has it dumping moisture right over the areas that need it most. I swear I just saw the frogs in my back yard singing and dancing around our baby citrus trees.

We needed this. The dried out bed of Lake Okeechobee was on FIRE, that's how bad we needed it. I never thought I'd be this happy to see rain before.

[WinkyDink]

22. The hottest place north of Havana!

[DavidDvorkin]

23. Barbara might be more intersting

If it reaches the Gulf and is still organized.

[RL3AO]

24. I doubt Barbara will make it across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

[DavidDvorkin]

27. Say that five times quickly!

Alternate: "That's easy for you to say!"

[RL3AO]

25. 8 pm ET update

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/012345.shtml

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT 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.

REPEATING THE 800 PM EDT POSITION...24.2 N...85.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.

[RL3AO]

26. Barry is naked.

Shear has blown most of the convection towards the NE. The center is completly exposed.

[nealmhughes]

28. Oh, Lord! Let it come to the Tennessee Valley!

We are over 15" below norm this year so far. The crops are dying in the near 90F sun every day, the sky is disgusting from the forest fires all the way down towards Jax and Valdosta, and the dust in the air is only adding insult to injury.

Two weeks ago I had commented on how beautiful the wheat fields outside my house were, with the green stalks waving in the breeze and was amazed that it had not yet fried. . . Well, it is fried now. Luckily, we have a sump pump in our stream beside the house so our garden and yard are doing fine. I have over 2 dozen tomatoes on 4 vines already! I think it is just unheard of here for there not to be spring storms and the ditches overflowing with water after every rain.

I shall dance naked in the rain, should it fall!

I am sick and tired of the city looking like Los Angeles air.