Christine Hudnall

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Florida Storms - June 1st 2008

Posted by Christine at 11:33 pm

Today is the day, the start of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season. And guess what? There is a tropical depression between Mexico and Guatemala, named Arthur. Hopefully he will not cause too many problems with flooding.

Here is the latest advisory for TD Arthur:

ZCZC MIATCMAT1 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARTHUR FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012008
0300 UTC MON JUN 02 2008

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.4N 91.3W AT 02/0300Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 60 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST OR 235 DEGREES AT 5 KT

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1006 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.

REPEAT…CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.4N 91.3W AT 02/0300Z
AT 02/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 17.5N 91.1W

FORECAST VALID 02/1200Z…DISSIPATED

THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST/ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM

FORECASTER KNABB

Here in Central Florida, we finally had some much needed rain. Storms coming up from the south and storms heading down from our north, they merged right over us. I was going to head out and get around them to take some pictures, but as luck would have it, I broke my glasses the other day, and didn’t have any contacts in. Can’t drive if I can’t see. :(

So, I settled for trying some lightning shots from home. Most didn’t turn out, lightning was so bright it turned night into day, so it completely blew out the highlights. Those were still awesome to watch! Luckily though, I was able to get some that turned out decent.

Looks like our storm season is starting off with a bang!