Christine Hudnall

Our chance of showers and t-storms today came from this weak trough of low pressure out in the GoM. This trough has been giving us gray skies all weekend and it looks like it will continue to do so for at least another day or so. There have been some decent storms associated with it down south and over near the coast, so far, we have seen little of them, but with any luck, storms will come our way. Don’t forget to click on the satellite image to see a larger picture.

Per the 8:00PM Tropical Weather Outlook:

CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD OVER FLORIDA AND INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS…BUT TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED HERE OR ELSEWHERE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

And don’t forget StS Laura is still out in the northern part of the Atlantic doing her thing. According to the 5:00PM update, she still had not started that curve to the northeast. Looking at the latest satellite loop, while she isn’t heading northeast yet, it does look to me like she is no longer moving N-NW, maybe NW, or N, after taking a couple of wobbles. We shall continue to watch what she does.

Since I don’t have any of my own images to share right now (promise, I will start taking some again!), I thought I would give a couple of shout outs to images that have caught my eye recently.

So, let’s get started on this journey…

Let’s start with StormChasing Mikey, otherwise known as SCM, while he missed the Nor’easter in his home state of Virginia, what he did get was a rather beautiful sunset shot near the Huntington Beach pier in California.

Now, head north to Canada, home of George Kourounis, go ahead and browse his site, pretty much anything you look at will grab your attention. He travels all over the world documenting severe weather, climate changes and natural disasters.

Head back south to Florida and visit Mike Theiss, first visit http://www.mthurricane.com/ and then head over to his new site, http://www.extremenature.com/. I hope that you will be as inspired as I am.

There are a lot more places to go, but with those three, I think it will take you a little while, so that’s it for now.

Update: 11:45PM - I knew if I waited long enough goofing around the update would come out.

11:00PM - Subtropical Storm Laura - winds still at 60mph, located at 39N 48.4W and is now heading N at 9mph. :)