Bertha was just the latest:
It was a TS when forecast to maybe become one,
Then it was a strong TS when forecast to make weak TS,
Hurricane when .... TS,
and now finally,
MAJOR FREAKING HURRICANE, when forecast for days to max out at maybe a weak 2!
What give?
Also, very nice post on the Francais Weathre Chique, but Miami Weather Babes still rule! Give me the Latina Weather Report anyday!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
HURRICANE BERTHA
Great image of Bertha from CIMSS. The GFS is showing some ominous signs of Betha headed towards the Carolina Coast. My brothers at the NHC disagree - and show a hit to Bermuda.
(sing to the tune of Oh where has my little dog gone...)
"Oh where, oh where, are the weather studs?"
"Oh where, o where can they be????"
BB
Friday, July 4, 2008
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA
I'm seeing top winds in the 40 knot category from the latest Quikscat image. We haven't heard from our leader - Larster the Love Guru - but I urge you to look at the latest GFS model run from 6Z this morning. It shows Bertha moving smartly to the west-northwest, and then after recurving sharply to the north another storm forms to the south and moves into the Caribbean.
http://moe.met.fsu.edu/cgi-bin/gfstc2.cgi?time=2008070406&field=Sea+Level+Pressure&hour=Animation
There is some mischief as well in the Bay of Campeche but nothing that will bother the US.
On another note - for the Four Weather Studs and a Babe site - here is a European Weather Babe - with legs:
Thursday, July 3, 2008
BERTHA - TO BE?
There is still a chance TD 2 could be named before it enters colder waters. Hurricane? NHC isn't taking the "Sparkle bait" - but I'll stick with my bet that it will become the first hurricane of the year.
Hot Lava sent an e-mail informing me of the new graphical layout on the NHC site - I like it, and see it as a bold move for the NHC. Usually, nothing is mentioned unless a storm is developing 48 hours in the future - so hopefully we will see more aggressive tropical forecasts in the future.
By the way, Invest 93 has been identified in the Caribbean. Fortunately, we have some buoys in the area - sentinels of the south.
BB
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Weather Babe!
Now that we have had several weather studs revealed, it't time for geekygirl to post. I would like to caveat that I am a weather babe by marriage and that my background is in rocks (geology) and computers, so I really am a geek and proud of it. In both of these pictures I am on the left, in case anyone has forgotten what I look like..... In my hurricane kit - bikini, surfboard, life ring and margaritas! gg
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
New Member?
Self-Described "Weather Geek" Heads Hurricane Center.
Yes, it's true. This headline caught my eye on the bottom of the front page of today's Picayune Item ... byline Miami. "When hurricanes and tropical storms threaten the US, a self-described 'weather geek' will let the nation know what the dangers are". So, is this the mystery man sitting next to Buoy Boy at the Wx Geek conference that he so proudly posted a picture of??? Although I know it's not, I'm sure since Buoy Boy is a mover and shaker in the halls of our National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, he is sure to have crossed paths with the new leader of the forecaster's turned lynch mob at the Hurricane Center. I hope since he called himself a "geek" that the boys in Miami don't take him out behind the building and beat the crap put of him, then force him to take leave. "Read said that when he took over that he was a little more laid back than Protozoa ... er, I mean Proenza" (I guess this means he lets the boys go out back and smoke a doobie on thier lunch hour). "His hurricane kit contains Ritz Crackers and peanut butter and his son's cell phone plays "Riders on the Storm" when he calls." OMG. I just hope he has the ya ya's to call a storm a storm, no matter what the politically driven puppet masters, I mean forecasters behind the scenes want him to say.
I guess we need to consider extending Mr. Read an invitation to join our closely knit group of stud, duds, and babes.
Yes, it's true. This headline caught my eye on the bottom of the front page of today's Picayune Item ... byline Miami. "When hurricanes and tropical storms threaten the US, a self-described 'weather geek' will let the nation know what the dangers are". So, is this the mystery man sitting next to Buoy Boy at the Wx Geek conference that he so proudly posted a picture of??? Although I know it's not, I'm sure since Buoy Boy is a mover and shaker in the halls of our National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, he is sure to have crossed paths with the new leader of the forecaster's turned lynch mob at the Hurricane Center. I hope since he called himself a "geek" that the boys in Miami don't take him out behind the building and beat the crap put of him, then force him to take leave. "Read said that when he took over that he was a little more laid back than Protozoa ... er, I mean Proenza" (I guess this means he lets the boys go out back and smoke a doobie on thier lunch hour). "His hurricane kit contains Ritz Crackers and peanut butter and his son's cell phone plays "Riders on the Storm" when he calls." OMG. I just hope he has the ya ya's to call a storm a storm, no matter what the politically driven puppet masters, I mean forecasters behind the scenes want him to say.
I guess we need to consider extending Mr. Read an invitation to join our closely knit group of stud, duds, and babes.
THE FIRST 2008 ATLANTIC HURRICANE
Larster says that it doesn't matter - that whatever forms in the Tropical Atlantic will curve and that it is too early for Cape Verde storms.
Anyone want to tell that to the Beast - to be named Hurricane Bertha - in the Eastern Atlantic? Let's hear some chatter Weather "sTuds" and a Babe!
Buoy Boy
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