Monday, August 18, 2008

St. Pat's weather central - Tropical Storm Kay



Tropical Storm Kay stepped all over Cuba and is now ready to pounce on Southwest Florida tomorrow morning. She's now about 105 miles south of Naples, FL. Sustained winds are around 60 mph, but Kay may make it to hurricane status, 74 mph, by the time she makes landfall.


(TS Fay water vapor image cribbed from NOAA/National Weather Service)


The saintly household, with the rest of the county, is under a tropical storm warning. We're expected to get winds of 40-50 mph, with perhaps higher gusts, starting late tomorrow afternoon, as the the storm pushes up the Florida Peninsula. There are chances of isolated tornadoes tonight and tomorrow.

Fay's exact path is uncertain, but it looks like we're in for bad weather whichever track she takes. Wind shear will keep her from turning into another Hurricane Charley if the one model is correct, predicting Fay will cross the southern portion of the peninsula, go eastward into the Atlantic a bit, then make a u-turn for Central or Northern Florida.

I'm kind of thinking and praying we won't get anything really nasty here.

3 comments:

Mike said...

Hi Pat,

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Christ's peace,

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Mike Kinman
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation (www.e4gr.org)

David G. said...

Bet that rain barrel is over flowing by now!!

Saint Pat said...

Hey, Mike! I'm all signed up, I think!

David, see photo of the rain barrel in the Aug. 22 entry.