By: Preston RudieMiami - There is still a great deal of uncertainty over what Tropical Storm/Hurricane Ernesto will do to the Miami area. But already, Miami-Dade County has cancelled classes for Tuesday and Wednesday and Broward County has called off school for Tuesday.
It's already being reported that some lines are forming at gas stations around the area, as people scramble to prepare. Last year, you'll recall Hurricane Wilma caught many folks in this area off guard and while some officials say Ernesto may be nothing more than a Category 1 if it strikes the Miami area, consider this: when Katrina hit Florida last year as a Category 1, it killed six people in Broward, and five people in Miami-Dade counties. It also left more than 1.4 million people without power.
We are currently heading to the National Hurricane Center in Miami and will have more during Tampa Bay's 10 News at 6.
On other note, already today the National Guard has activated about 100 members, mostly for planning purposes. But the state and local officials in this part of the state are leaving nothing to chance.
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Well, Looks like Ernesto will remain a tropical storm.. maybe a weak Cat 1 when it reaches FL after crossing the FL straits (lotta rain for the east coast and nasty wind).....one possible scenario could see it hug the East coast and intensify to as much as Cat 2 before hitting SC on Thurs........or it could go out to sea. We'll see
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That's what the forecast is.. but as usual I'd be hesitant to trust it.. It's been pretty much completely wrong so far.. Weak steering currents = hard to forecast. Convection blowing up around the LLC right now.
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I live in Orlando and I had to wait for 20 min today to get gas LOL, this storm is all over the radio and television. People are getting ready down here, the 2PM Wednedsay tracker puts this storm directly over my town.
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quote:Originally posted by utvolsfan13: That's what the forecast is.. but as usual I'd be hesitant to trust it.. It's been pretty much completely wrong so far.. Weak steering currents = hard to forecast. Convection blowing up around the LLC right now.
Very true Kevin, Last Friday they were saying this was going to Mexico / Texas LOL.. the weather people have been way off base on this.
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5-15 inches of rain in FL....much flooding expected.. Expected to hit FL with 60 mph winds and maybe SC later in the week as a Cat 1 New activity in the Atlantic ??
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Well Jimmy Mac local Miami news just said we're expected to start gettin hit between 2 and 5 AM early Wednesday. Schools and collegs are all closed and Gas lines down here are long, some stations have already sold out of gas completely and evryone is puttin up shutters. So this thing is definite coming for us most like as a category 1 or 2.
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Not sure if this will do anything for the price of ECCI, but check out all this rain the HPC has predicted for the next 5 days.. Over 10 inches in Miami and DC. Over 13 inches on the Delmarva peninsula, Richmond, and Norfolk. Could also regain hurricane strength before a secondn landfall on the East Coast.
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I can't believe you guys are so cruel, want this to hit us. Anyways it's only a tropical storm it would been better if it's category 3+. ...J/K
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quote:Originally posted by JohnDoe: I can't believe you guys are so cruel, want this to hit us. Anyways it's only a tropical storm it would been better if it's category 3+. ...J/K
The earlier forecasts had it in my backyard, and I was one of its biggest cheerleaders Now if it HAD hit and the power was out more than a couple of hours, I would have dog cursed it with vigilance....
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quote:A TROPICAL WAVE IS LOCATED SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLAND. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM..IF ANY...IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS THE TROPICAL WAVE MOVES SLOWLY WESTWARD.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED ABOUT 1200 MILES EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH THIS SYSTEM IS LIMITED...AND DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS THE LOW MOVES WESTWARD.
Both have potential but aren't rapidly turning into anything yet.
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Well well, Ernesto has behaved well up to now but may be a little tougher on the Carolinas than he was on FL Could hit as a strong TS or a Cat 1 soon... ECCI...in the 11s coming into what is usually an explosive weather month seems a good price.. We'll see
quote: 000 ABNT20 KNHC 312107 TWOAT TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 530 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO...LOCATED ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 700 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SLOW DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS THE SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY WESTWARD.
posted August 30, 2006 10:30 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is CNN reporting on Hurricane John as breaking news frontpage???? Does it have anything to do with the U.S. mainland?
It's now a category 4 monster near the Mexican west coast in the Pacific
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Looks like things are really starting to heat up. Should be a great week. I can't believe this is trading at only .12 right now.
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Anyways it's only a tropical storm it would been better if it's category 3+. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
...J/K
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Now if it HAD hit and the power was out more than a couple of hours, I would have dog cursed it with vigilance....
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