Next up, Hurricane Earl takes center stage!

My, oh my… Hurricane Danielle did take the turn and is now headed out to sea, where she will only impact the Titanic expedition and other ship traffic. She passed far away from the US, leaving us with strong rip currents, which resulted in numerous water rescues and at least one death, as a swimmer was carried out in the current. At the strongest, Hurricane Danielle was a category 4 hurricane, and she is now losing her tropical characteristics as she soars into the frigid northern Atlantic. Hot on her heels though, with must less impactful patterns, is now Hurricane Earl. Already Hurricane Earl, a strengthening (though already strong) category 2 storm, is forecast to strengthen after leaving its impact on the Lesser Antilles. The concerns now are for the east coast of the United States. Apparently, each model run puts Earl further and further west, making an east coast landfall more and more likely. I know TWC has plans to be in Boston. Unfortunately, hot on the heels of Hurricane Earl, is yet another tropical wave with a 90% certainty of development into something over the next 48 hours, and behind that, yet another wave. It’s a parade of tropical action.

Have a beautiful day!
~Dewdrop

The Majesty of His Power

SKY WATCH FRIDAY time! Thanks to Dot and Tom, never forgotten founders of this great event. Come on, come fly with us!

Thanks to hosts: Klaus Sandy Sylvia Wren Louise Fishing Guy

As I was saying, hurricane season is not over till it's over. We've now got a 1,2,3 line up of tropical action, all siblings off the coast of Africa barreling across the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Danielle, now, once again a category 2 hurricane after some interaction with dry air has rebounded to be quite a storm, now showing indications of eyewall development. She is actually forecast to become a major hurricane, but I would expect her to become a fish storm, staying out to sea. Unfortunately, her little brother, Tropical Storm Earl, hot on her heels, is also forecast to get close to major hurricane strength, but he is expected to take a more southern track, which makes him a contender for some US action. I can almost hear the headlines... "Goodbye Earl!" "Earl's Gotta Die!" What a storm to impact the US... sigh. The third system, still just is wave (an impressive wave!), is hot off the coast of Africa, but some are already talking Fiona...It looks pretty impressive to me!

Tuesday was a crazy day for me. I had a wonderful afternoon excursion over lunch with my wonderful groom, and we went and explored in the jeep some! It was yet another great adventure for the two of us. We saw some really interesting things along the way including crews working to break down some rail cars that had de-railed. I had never seen that before, so it was really neat. Then, I went to the doctor’s and got some icky news about a test he wants to run. I’ll survive it, but I am not excited about it. As I was leaving from Wally World, someone backed into my van… bumped in the side door. It’s only cosmetic… no one was injured and the mechanics of the door were unaffected, but seriously… what a day! I had a great meeting at church after that, but then, when I went to pick up Mini-Dew from practice, the sky had a hint of mammatus clouds popping. Of course, I stuck around out there, shooting a few pics until they were no longer visible. The pretty much fizzled out, just in time for sunset. Doesn’t that figure? I went in to get Mini-Dew and when I came out… KAPLOW!... and then it followed me home!!! What a spectacular demonstration of God's awesomeness. He has a beautiful way of encouraging me, in the perfect way. I love my little love letters from God! Wasn’t it sensational?!

Have a mammatus-ful day!
~Dewdrop

Danielle reaches category 2!!

Just a brief Danielle update… sure enough, Danielle gained hurricane strength over the course of yesterday. She has quickly now, strengthened to a category 2 hurricane. Hurricane Danielle is way out there in the Atlantic and sort of meandering her way across. She doesn’t look all that impressive to me. Interests in Bermuda and the fools doing the Titanic robot project (during hurricane season, duh!!!) should take notice, but really, she could do anything in that amount of time. Most of the models do present her as a fish storm.
Unfortunately, hot on Danielle’s heels is yet another tropical wave off of Africa, which is looking ripe for action.Much of its precipitation is over the Cape Verde Islands, and it is trying to organize as I type. The National Hurricane Center-Tropical Prediction Center has got a 90% likelihood of tropical development for this area of low pressure.

IT APPEARS THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD BE FORMING

So you see how quickly things can change. Unfortunately, complacency may have gotten too strong of a grip on the American coastline in the meantime. As I’ve said before, it only takes one!!! Be on guard, people. Just because it hasn't happened, doesn't mean it won't.

Have a marvelous day!
~Dewdrop