Central Florida Barry is about to end your drought

[malaise]

Fugging hell - it's only June 2nd.

TROPICAL STORM BARRY ADVISORY NUMBER 2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022007
1100 PM EDT FRI JUN 01 2007

...RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH BARRY SOAKING FLORIDA...MORE TO COME...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF
FLORIDA FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO KEATON BEACH. A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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. IN THIS CASE...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT
24 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 270
MILES...440 KM...SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 195 MILES...
315 KM...WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.

BARRY HAS BEEN DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST DURING THE PAST FEW
HOURS BUT THE CYCLONE SHOULD SOON BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SHORT
TERM BUT A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM
MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 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...COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA. ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM EDT POSITION...24.7 N...84.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500
AM EDT.

$$
FORECASTER AVILA

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/024541.shtml?3day

[flyarm]

1. good!!!!!!! the love bugs are horrible!! and the palms trees looking sad!! eom

[ElizabethDC]

2. About to?

It's been raining for hours here in Tampa. Everybody's freaking out because it's been so long since we've had rain. It's nice to have rain, but I hope the storm doesn't hit anybody too badly.

[flyarm]

4. great!! i just left tampa for my northern home and it was so dry there!!

and yes i am a snowbird!! see you in the fall!!

fly

[lpbk2713]

3. I have forgotten what a yard with green grass looks like.

Mine is various shades of brown. :shrug:

[Lost-in-FL]

5. Same here...

The bad thing are the scores of bad drivers who can't even drive well when its dry and now we are putting water into the equation.

[malaise]

7. Enjoy the rain and stay safe

all Florida DUers.

[Lost-in-FL]

9. Thank you!!

:hi:

[napi21]

6. The first thing I thought of when I heard about Barry was it will put the

months long fires out! GOD I hope I'm right! I live in north Ga. and the air has smelled like fires here for over a week, and it's all coming from the fires on the Fl/GA border hundreds of miles south of here.

[emilyg]

10. It's been bad.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

11. Smoke is spreading to the Mobile area also.

Relatives report constant smoky haze and smell.

[SoCalDem]

8. Too bad there's so damned much asphalt & concrete where there used to be spongy

soil , thirsty to refill the underground springs and the glades..

but hey.. rain is always good even if it runs off :)

[LonelyLRLiberal]

12. When I left for work, TV weather was saying would not be a TS.

Wow.

[malaise]

13. Looks more like a rain event

Guess flooding will be the biggest problem here. Stay safe.