Category: Environment

dorian moves on

whbeebe

This is my last Dorian-related post. We had a lot of wind last night, and rain most of the evening, but little in the way of accumulation, perhaps all of two inches so far. Dorian is doing far more damage along the Florida coast, but not as much if it had come ashore. And did I mention how slow Dorian’s moving? Compare this screen capture with yesterdays, or further, look at the National Hurricane Center’s forecast tracking maps and see just how off all of them have been with regards to where Dorian was forecast to be, especially today? Late last week it was forecast to be all the way up the east coast of the US. Instead it hasn’t even passed by Jacksonville yet. And its overall wind speeds have dropped it down to a category two, if not a category one, hurricane. So we can be thankful for that.

Now begins the long repair and rebuilding down in the Grand Bahama and Great Abaco islands.

dorian’s arrival

whbeebe

Dorian, or should I say its rain bands, have arrived over Orlando. These rain bands along with tropical force winds will continue until mid-morning tomorrow as Dorian slowly crawls up Florida’s Atlantic coast. According to forecasters Dorian will be picking up speed as it moves further north and east. This is due in part to another low pressure ridge moving east off of the Great Lakes. The screen capture is from the iOS version of Dark Skys.

Dark Skys is a hit-or-miss kind of forecast app. If I have it focused on a city, such as Orlando, it’s fairly accurate. If I allow it to use my address, half the time it has the wrong address, and more times than I care for it misses a forecast entirely. More than once it’s been raining outside and Dark Skys shows nothing. Thus accuracy for me increases with a well-known landmark.