Alberto - First storm of the 2018 season

frank

And so it begins, not even June yet

http://amp.wftv.com/www.wftv.com/news/local/tropical-rain-heads-to-central-florida-this-weekend/756280604

ferris1248

Hopefully it stays at TS strength. If it goes as projected, it will hit PC and Mex Beach pretty good.

Slough

Apalachee Bay could get a surge.

fins4me

Not good timing for my bunch,,, wife, son and parent in laws are at the Ormond roost for a couple of weeks. Daughter interning for the summer at Disney  and my mom and dad are visiting some friends in Clearwater. Gonna have some wet weather for their trips. The hillbillies have effectively blockaded the state of Florida.  

mindyabiness

Nothing to see here.....The forecast for Ormond won't change much, it might even improve as it did not look good to begin with.

The water temp is too cool and conditions don't favor development.

SAENole

I'm taking my daughter to a concert in New Orleans on Sunday and have to drive back straight into the eye of The Beast on Monday.  

SAENole

Cane Pole

Storm VO5

dragon bait

SAENole said:

I'm taking my daughter to a concert in New Orleans on Sunday and have to drive back straight into the eye of The Beast on Monday.  

George Strait?

Mister-Jr

We are having hurricane shutters installed in about three weeks. I finished worrying about the cone of probability.

Westwall01

Impact glass is what I've gone to.

dstockwell

Headlines read subtropical storm, This should be TD1, not a named storm. By naming subtropical storms I can see the headlines now. U.S. had more named storms in 2018 than anytime in previous history. (Enter global warming pundits)

stc1993

It's off Cancun now only 34 mph wind gusts on land & around 50-55 offshore not even worth mentioning.

mustang190

Lots of needed rain. 

frank

mustang190 said:

Lots of needed rain. 

where are you at?? it's been raining here non-stop almost for two weeks

hatcity

most recent update-winds still at 40
pressure has dropped 6 mb
track has begun north turn
new info at 5

Gardawg

It's been wet and windy for over a week here.

Still a lot of tourists but the day trippers from Dade are staying away.

Winnning!

mustang190

frank said:

mustang190 said:

Lots of needed rain. 

where are you at?? it's been raining here non-stop almost for two weeks

The panhandle. Peanut and cotton fields are dry. 

frank

Sorry to hear, looks like you'll get the soaking

We're just now starting to get the rain bands here in DeLand, not much wind

Perfect tropical (sub) storm

hatcity

as of 8am  winds up to 45
pressure down to 997
track has moved east a bit...now more towards PCB
get yer galoshes ready

mustang190

Just rain(off and on) some winds and a storm surge about 2 feet above normal tide, here in Panama City. 
 Watching the weather and news one would think it's a cat 5 coming in!

pottydoc

I was in Ozello yesterday on my buddy's porch watching the forecasted 4' surge roll in. Only it was more like 4". The weather people get worse every year. Sooner or later they're gonna cry wolf one time too many, people will not listen, and a bunch will get hurt or die. This crud is getting to the ridiculous stage.  

ANUMBER1

pottydoc said:

I was in Ozello yesterday on my buddy's porch watching the forecasted 4' surge roll in. Only it was more like 4". The weather people get worse every year. Sooner or later they're gonna cry wolf one time too many, people will not listen, and a bunch will get hurt or die. This crud is getting to the ridiculous stage.  

Yeah, it was rough, my beer almost fell off my console once!

surfman

A month ago the water surged up the Steinhatchee river into my yard all the way up to the house, and that was just a rain event. Steinhatchee does not need the rain, at my house in Lutz we are dry as a bone, no rain for months, we need it bad.

This stupid storm had a feeder ban that just kept on streaming across Steinhatchee the whole weekend. Even though the surge only just came over the bank of the river a small amount. Still the woods are flooded and the ditches are flowing, been that way for three months up that way it seems.

Scoutboat

For crying out loud, every time an Arab farts on the west coast of Africa, a new storm is named.
Last year, during Irma, our Governor advised everyone to evacuate due to 20 foot storm surges.
Scared the heck out of old people.  They were to be washed off the top of their houses.
Irrisponsible to the extreme.

SAENole

dragon bait said:

SAENole said:

I'm taking my daughter to a concert in New Orleans on Sunday and have to drive back straight into the eye of The Beast on Monday.  

George Strait?

Yes.  Great concert, as usual.