Tropical Storm Nongfa is making landfall in Vietnam this morning. Ordinarily wouldn’t be too big of a deal, but this is the same area hit a few days ago with a Typhoon Kaijiki, compounding the misery/damage. Biggest threat is heavy rain and more flash floods and landslides.
Elsewhere, no storms but a few disturbances. There will likely be a couple of new storms in the East Pacific forming in the next few days. They should stay offshore, although invest EP93 might be of interest to Hawai’i if tracks on the north side of the guidance and can hang together long enough.
Side note: ZOMG! WHAT’S THAT? Notice the white area blocked out at the upper left? You will be seeing that on satellite images for a few weeks. Twice a year, in March and September, for an hour or so the earth and sun are lined up (around the solstices). As the sun moves into the field of view of the camera, and the solar powered satellites go in to Eclipse Operations. Depending on the wavelength you will see a white or black area blocking out the sun. As I mentioned a few days ago, GOES also has a telescope pointed at the sun, and you can see the earth photo-bomb the images, moving across the field of view this time of year …
Back the earth: NHC has a wave coming off of Africa tagged at 30% long term, but it looks fishy. Literally 😛
There is light to moderate rain across the Frogmore Metroplex this morning …
and we may get some thunderstorms this afternoon but by evening should get a break. A weak front will be stalled just offshore for a few days. Thunderstorms and heavy rain will form along that boundary, and the exact position is hard to forecast. If it’s a little south or east, its offshore or somebody else’s problem (Brunswick and Jax). if it’s a little north or west, the “Coastal Empire and Low Country” (or Lowcountry) will care. Slow moving storms like this can cause the kind of spotty flash flooding and inundated streets we’ve seen this summer, so be aware if out and about this holiday weekend.
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