Temps in the 90's last couple days. Hoping Francine brings some badly needed rain to this area.
Weather in your area?
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I think she will!
Francine:Sup might get a spinny thing and it’s not even your birthday
Tomorrow is supposed to be a high of 72. That’s our coolest day since spring.
An important factor that only us 'watchers' monitor is, movement speed.
The last few days it has been moving at 5mph, which is bad. More time to harvest 'horsepower' from the hot Gulf waters
.Lately, it has speeded up to 10mph, which is good, because this is it's time to intensify.
Less time to gain strength =
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c'mon Francine! Go west!!BTW: this was my favorite name hurricane
Boy the weather in Southern CA is so dry that the fires in Southern CA is now 34,000 acres and growing. Homes are burning all over the place.
Sure glad I'm not living in CA. I thought it was bad here but boy do they have it bad there. I wonder if it's possible that the fire could head down the mountain into LA. Boy that would be some thing else.
Sure glad I'm not living in CA. I thought it was bad here but boy do they have it bad there. I wonder if it's possible that the fire could head down the mountain into LA. Boy that would be some thing else.
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According to https://zoom.earth/storms/francine-2024/#map=wind-gusts/model=icon Francine is now expected to make cat2 around 1pm CST. Right now its 75 and cloudy in my area. I have friends in Kenner and New Orleans and am worried for their safety.
Anyone here in the path? Is Frodo in the path in Mississippi?
Anyone here in the path? Is Frodo in the path in Mississippi?
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60f now at 7:15 am
I think Frodo and Snappy will get the brunt of this storm!
SEND RAIN. Hot and dry, hasn't rained since August 20th. This is gonna ruin the crops.
Showing that it will hit us about 3 am Thursday morning. Glad we are 100 miles North of the coast.Here's your Francine update, where you can see it make a sharp right turn after running into the wind shear.
At least they got the warnings up for south MS and AL.
He is probably 60 miles North of us, so hopefully he will get a little less!
Progressing N/E...
I feel for you guys in the hurricane season. They’re horrible because you can never be sure what you’re getting. Our equivalent is a n’oreaster but wind stops and snow does melt. Hurricanes seem to bring wave after wave of crap.
Checked the weather this morning on my phone ... no rain ... an hour later ... it's raining!!!!
Upper 80s
56f and partly cloudy right now with a light breeze
and my fans and AC still working in the house
I like cold
and my fans and AC still working in the house
I like cold
Never Forget 9-11
I just looked at the radar, sure enough, you are getting a little Francine action!!
Trying to get cloudy out my way!! Humid!
I'm less than 40 miles from it's projected center. We ready for it. Ready to help those in my neighborhood.
It's 85f at the moment, slightly overcast. Getting a little cloud push from the caine. Weather man said I might get 2-3" of rain tomorrow, be a bit breezy, nothing serious. Concern this far inland is nado's, hope they remain small.
Strange day today, cool and breezy with bright bouts of sunshine mixed with rain, and ...hailstones! Evenings are drawing in fast also; it's light in the summer here until after 10pm, but now it's about 8.30
12:24 and 69 and cloudy. Winter is coming.
Francine:
Now moving at 16mph (great).
Already encountering land and weakening.
TWC is pist and down to whining about tornado watches and talking nonstop about how wonderful the pumps in NO are.
Cantore wasted a trip to Morgan City, but he did find a bakery that put his picture on cupcakes.
On topic: typical rain and typical wind here.
Now moving at 16mph (great
).Already encountering land and weakening.
TWC is pist and down to whining about tornado watches and talking nonstop about how wonderful the pumps in NO are.
Cantore wasted a trip to Morgan City, but he did find a bakery that put his picture on cupcakes.
On topic: typical rain and typical wind here.
14:32 73, mostly cloudy and rain coming which is better than the snow we could get.
Gaining Ground, errrr, Wet...!!!
Hurricane update!! I just got a very light sprinkle!! Francine has a long reach! I'm heading out to the pool for the hurricane party!!
Well, Cantore finally got some wind to stand in!Hurricane update!! I just got a very light sprinkle!! Francine has a long reach! I'm heading out to the pool for the hurricane party!!
If you look at the track, Mississippi was obviously the high bidder.
Me, watching the barometer stairstep down. 1004 yesterday, 992 now.
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Proud Prepper, Snappy, Frodo, & Supervisor I hope you will all be OK.
Now a cat2. It veered slightly west briefly but then back east once it started hitting land. I'm south-southwest of Alexandria. This site has a cool feature where if you hit the play button it shows you the path and tells you what the wind speeds are expected to be even in the surrounding areas as the storm passes through. Hoping it will downgrade before it gets in too far.
I forgot to mention that I've been hearing birds squawking outside, which is a good sign. Birds will leave if they sense a storm coming. If the birds leave, it's best to leave too. But they don't seem alarmed about the storm.
Now a cat2. It veered slightly west briefly but then back east once it started hitting land. I'm south-southwest of Alexandria. This site has a cool feature where if you hit the play button it shows you the path and tells you what the wind speeds are expected to be even in the surrounding areas as the storm passes through. Hoping it will downgrade before it gets in too far.
I forgot to mention that I've been hearing birds squawking outside, which is a good sign. Birds will leave if they sense a storm coming. If the birds leave, it's best to leave too. But they don't seem alarmed about the storm.
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Had complete cloud cover by 3pm, Come on rain! Taking dad to the doctor this afternoon I drove through a couple miles of heavy smoke. Fire somewhere and it's big. A few fires just to the north are on the us fire map. It's bad dry here, we need the rain. Francine might do us a favor and put the fires out, hope so!
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