Yes, the National Hurricane Center has placed the yellow X of doom in the fetid waters of the Gulf of Mexico, triggering the usual breathless excitement in newsrooms across the southeast, as well as wild speculation in the hair spray and fresh underwear markets 😛 .
The TLDR is that this isn’t likely to do much but rain on Florida, and you’d likely never realize it was a tropical system if folks weren’t talking about it. It’s possible that it may develop some off the Georgia and South Carolina coast later this week, and NHC has it presently tagged with a 20% chance of becoming a depression in the next week. Either way, it should stay offshore and not bother anybody but fish and fish related interests. Here’s what it looks like at the moment (about 10:30am Tuesday) … it’s the blob to the left of Florida.
As a reminder of how to read and interpret the NHC Tropical Weather Outlooks, please take a look at this blog post from the beginning of the season (link).
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“Cromulent” – Thanks, I learned something new today, and of course, everything is just a little bit better when originated on The Simpsons.
Thank you for your calm insights and humor…. There is soo much, way too much over the top doom and gloom commentary….I guess that is what they figure they need to get attention (clicks)
I enjoy reading your emails and FB posts…