For those of you who do not live in an area usually affected by hurricanes, you had no idea today was the first day of the official hurricane season, which lasts until November 30th. The rest of you knew that, however, and have probably already started buying your supplies. Ironically, a tropical system off in the Gulf of Mexico decided to form and create Tropical Storm Barry today, perhaps to kick off the season. Even though Barry isn't heading towards South Florida (he's heading north for a but, then supposed to head east) he is bringing the area some much needed rain. However, officials have said that while the rain is nice, it's not nearly enough to help. We would need somewhere between 30-40 inches of rain in order to alleviate the drought conditions.
So, the looming question--Where is Barry heading and how strong will he be? He is supposed to pretty much just stay a tropical storm, which is good because we certainly need the rain from a storm like this but obviously not the winds, and its heading towards the big bend area. Here is the current forecast track:
So, the looming question--Where is Barry heading and how strong will he be? He is supposed to pretty much just stay a tropical storm, which is good because we certainly need the rain from a storm like this but obviously not the winds, and its heading towards the big bend area. Here is the current forecast track:
****REMINDER: FLORIDIANS, ALL HURRICANE SUPPLIES CAN BE PURCHASED TAX FREE UNTIL JUNE 12th DUE TO THE HURRICANE TAX FREE HOLIDAY WHICH STARTED TODAY.
No comments:
Post a Comment