What a difference a couple hours make! When I wrote my first post about this tropical storm, it was calm, clear and delightful outside. Two hours later, this is what it looked like, and it hasn’t let up with nightfall. Tropical Storm 08W is expected tomorrow afternoon, with winds of 50 to 60 mph. The governor declared Condition 2 just after 5:00 p.m. this evening and Condition 1 is expected sometime tonight.
Daily Archives: 08/05/2006
Plumps When You Cook ‘Em
How ’bout that? We’re so fat now radiologic tests are no longer as effective as they used to be. I found this on Q Daily News, and he goes on to point out the new Siemans wide diameter MRI with extra power to peer through the blubber.
Of course this leads me straight to the story about the woman who was so large she was referred to the zoo for an MRI. Of course that has all the earmarks of an urban legend, but it seems like some people are listening.
Robertson and Inhofe Redux
Just in case you missed my link to the Pat Robertson/James Inhofe tête a tête last week, here’s James Hrynshyn’s take on this meeting of the minds.
Storm’s A Coming
Ruh roh Shaggy; there’s a storm heading this way! Tropical Depression 08W is expected to intensify into a tropical storm by tonight.
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 08W SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 1A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
1100 AM GUAM LST SAT AUG 5 2006
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION 08W MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD THE MARIANAS...
AS OF 11 AM GUAM LST...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
GUAM..ROTA..TINIAN AND SAIPAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.
AT 10 AM GUAM LST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 08W
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 148.7
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 105 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULUL
365 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM
380 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROTA
415 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN
420 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAIPAN.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 08W IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH. THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 MPH. TROPICAL DEPRESSION 08W IS
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS...AND MAY BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM BY TONIGHT.
REPEATING THE 10 AM POSITION...9.8 DEGREES NORTH AND 148.7 DEGREES
EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 35 MPH.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 2 PM GUAM LST...FOLLOWED BY AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY AT
5 PM.
$$
MIDDLEBROOKE
Here’s the storm track from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. They’ve got it passing pretty close to Guam by tomorrow afternoon. Right between Guam and Rota in fact. Guess I better batten down the hatches tonight. It’s beautiful outside right now. Light winds, fluffy clouds, not too hot. Funny how 24 hours will changes everything