It's not over, till it's over...

A little late getting my post up today. Sorry. I have had a very full day. I had, yet another, appointment with my pain manager, who's really slacking in the management of my pain, in my opinion. We decided that since there was a slight improvement (though not nearly the 100% he had hoped for...) that we would proceed with the 3rd and final injection. sigh. I am a little frustrated that there is still pain, but those muscle spasms have developed over many, many, many, many years, and they aren't going to go away overnight... much to my dismay. Anyways, there you have it.

Onto the 2009 Atlantic Basin Hurricane season, which is still going... by the way. The disturbance in the western Caribbean is looking better organized, and actually stands a better shot at developing over the next few days than how it was looking.

THIS SYSTEM HAS BECOME SLIGHTLY BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND SOME ADDITIONAL SLOW DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

It really becomes evident how the organization has recently improved when you click on the above image to view the loop. We could very well have an appearance by a late in the season Paloma, which is the pre-selected name for the next named Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone.

Onto the tornado trend, since I frequently discussed that through the course of this very unusual and extremely active year. If you will recall, the season started off with a tornadic bang when we saw a record breaking February outbreak totalling 148 tornadoes. The February 5-6, 2008 tornado outbreak actually fell within the top 15 ranked outbreaks based on fatalities, with a devastating 57. It started hard and pressed on that way for many months, trending to be on track for breaking yearly tornado count records. Fortunately, our October was not as bad as the trend would suggest it to be, and many were spared the hardship of an October outbreak. At this point, the tornado count for this November and December would need to come within 10 of the record for those months in order to break 2004's record total year count. It looks as if we've been spared... knock on wood. I say that just before a slight risk presents itself in the outlook. Tornadoes are mentioned as a possibility, but are not presented at the main threat.

I will keep you posted... but in other weather related news, I love the image below that my dear friend Ro sent me, which ties election day to weather (think about it) in a much more pleasant way than TWC has been lately. They have been annoying the fool out of me, with their "live coverage" of the weather in voting precincts... good grief. Thanks Ro. No, I don't think she's in Alaska anymore... a little scary how perfect McCain looks as Scarecrow. Don't you think...? Don't know who to give credit to, it's not mine...

Toodledew,
~Dewdrop