And so it’s happened.
Yesterday, I wrote a post saying that there was a strong possibility that the first storm of the season: Tropical Storm Alberto, would form in the coming days. Well, at around 10:30 today (25/05/2018), Subtropical Storm Alberto has officially formed according to the National Hurricane Center of the United States.
The current storm track is for Alberto to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of the US, possibly the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or the area of the Florida Panhandle. The wind speeds could be up to 60 mph (96 km/h) when the storm hits land at some point over the next few days.
Fortunately for South Florida, Alberto is not expected to hit the area, but heavy rains and torrential downpours are expected to hit the metro area over the weekend and possibly Monday and Tuesday as well.
As always, if there are any updates about Alberto, then I will place them into a separate post on this blog.
24 May 2018
Could the first tropical storm of 2018 be about to form?
Welcome back to my blog and in this post, I want to talk about the almost certain possibility that the first tropical storm of the year will form by this weekend.
Currently, there is an organised disturbance near Belize and Cuba that is headed for the Florida Panhandle. It could hit anywhere from New Orleans, Louisiana to Key West, Florida in the United States. Even if a tropical storm does not form (which is unlikely now considering the fact that it has at least a 70% chance of formation as of writing), it will still dump a lot of rain to South Florida. Over 6" of rain could fall by the end of this week, which is a stark contrast to the drought-filled winter of 2017/18 that South Florida received.
If this storm does form, it is likely that it will not be very powerful, and may not even reach Category 1 status, due to the fact that the sea has not warmed up enough and therefore has minimal energy to form. Still, hurricanes can form even before the official start of hurricane season on June 1st. The name for the storm, should it form, will be Tropical Storm Alberto.
Also in other news, I have decided to change the name of my Twitter from 'jackfawsittpix' to simply 'jackfpix' for two reasons. One, the new name is a lot simpler to type out, and two, this can correlate well with my Facebook page, which I have also named 'jackfpix'.
Thank you for reading this post, and if there are any more updates, then I will either post them below this sentence, or create a brand new post with the additional information.
Currently, there is an organised disturbance near Belize and Cuba that is headed for the Florida Panhandle. It could hit anywhere from New Orleans, Louisiana to Key West, Florida in the United States. Even if a tropical storm does not form (which is unlikely now considering the fact that it has at least a 70% chance of formation as of writing), it will still dump a lot of rain to South Florida. Over 6" of rain could fall by the end of this week, which is a stark contrast to the drought-filled winter of 2017/18 that South Florida received.
If this storm does form, it is likely that it will not be very powerful, and may not even reach Category 1 status, due to the fact that the sea has not warmed up enough and therefore has minimal energy to form. Still, hurricanes can form even before the official start of hurricane season on June 1st. The name for the storm, should it form, will be Tropical Storm Alberto.
Also in other news, I have decided to change the name of my Twitter from 'jackfawsittpix' to simply 'jackfpix' for two reasons. One, the new name is a lot simpler to type out, and two, this can correlate well with my Facebook page, which I have also named 'jackfpix'.
Thank you for reading this post, and if there are any more updates, then I will either post them below this sentence, or create a brand new post with the additional information.
16 May 2018
The start of another rainy season
Hello and welcome to this blog!
As some of you may know, the rainy season started on May 15 of this year. I hope that this rainy season is not as bad as last season (2017), although if the last week has anything to say, the rainy season may be quite bad, due to the amount of rain that South Florida has had.
This year's rainy season will end on October 15, 2018.
As some of you may know, the rainy season started on May 15 of this year. I hope that this rainy season is not as bad as last season (2017), although if the last week has anything to say, the rainy season may be quite bad, due to the amount of rain that South Florida has had.
This year's rainy season will end on October 15, 2018.
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