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mentalslavery

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18. According to the map you posted eariler as well as the data Im looking at its above 80

Reply to Baclava (Reply #17)

Fri May 25, 2018, 07:55 PM

May 2018

This is gonna be a devastating event, not matter what the cat...but I do think its gonna be a cat. The biggest problem for locals is that the ground is already rain saturated. So, it can not handle storm surge and rain. Some models are predicting a new orleans landfall with 96-100 mph winds.....it will definitely be a thang....

http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=gom_slp

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JUST IN: Subtropical Storm #Alberto has formed in the northwestern Caribbean Sea.... [View all] steve2470 May 2018 OP

Well, there goes the tobacco crop in western Cuba. Ligyron May 2018 #1

Will lots of rain damage it? nt B2G May 2018 #3

Not real sure actually. Ligyron May 2018 #5

65 mph winds - heavy rain Monday jpak May 2018 #10

I'm seeing 40 MPH. nt B2G May 2018 #11

Here jpak May 2018 #12

Chances are good those will stay offshore B2G May 2018 #13

That's not what the models forecast jpak May 2018 #14

Too early to say. B2G May 2018 #15

Here is another interesting resource...a B-pressure map and prediction mentalslavery May 2018 #16

The Euro model has it making land fall near Pensacola and Mobile jpak May 2018 #19

This is gonna be more devastating than people understand. mentalslavery May 2018 #20

fwiw a long range forecast steve2470 May 2018 #2

Headed for New Orleans? Baclava May 2018 #4

Nope....and I don't think its gonna be a cat 1, its got a few days to mentalslavery May 2018 #6

Water temps are a chilly 80 degrees, won't do much strengthening I don't think Baclava May 2018 #7

80 or above is necessary to feed a storm, b-pressure is average, movement at 6 miles per hour mentalslavery May 2018 #8

Local water temps 77 degrees - u get hypothermic in that - brrrrrr Baclava May 2018 #17

According to the map you posted eariler as well as the data Im looking at its above 80 mentalslavery May 2018 #18

Track jpak May 2018 #9