Cooling Off

The cold front came through today with no real impact. Some rain and wind but nothing severe. This will be the first of two cool nights so there will be plenty to enjoy.

Cold Front Approaching

Going to bed in a minute so a very quick update. Cold front is moving across the state and a tornado watch is in effect for parts north of Orlando.

Will do quick updates on Twitter tomorrow with a more complete update tomorrow night.

Olga Now an Open Wave

As of 10PM Olga is now an open wave. This should now conclude the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season. I will put out a recap in the over the weekend. Just for fun though here is one last model map for Olga.

The weekend's weather is looking very interesting at this point. Tomorrow and Friday we will see an increase in moisture due to an inverted trough associated with Olga coming over us. This will be followed by a fairly strong cold front brining the coldest weather so far in December for south Florida. Lows on Sunday and Monday night I am forecasting to be in the upper 50s.

Tomorrow I will post on the chances for some stronger weather in connection with the cold front on Saturday/Sunday.

Olga is Weakening and Possible Interesting Weather

Olga is looking pretty weak right now and may be downgraded later today. Also looking like we may coold down on Sunday but not before some interesting Weather sweeps across on Saturday. I will have more pneumonia both of these topics later today. Stay tuned.

Olga Now a Tropical Storm and an Interesting Model Map

A recon aircraft checked out Olga this evening and found that she has acquired tropical characteristics with winds of 60 MPH.

I posted tonight's model map to watch the evolution of the track of Olga. The dynamical models continue with the west to WSW path while the other models now indicate a gradual recurvature. Though the official forecast still indicates weakening it would not be impossible for Olga to get caught up in a frontal passage this weekend and track towards the northeast.

It is too early to count Florida out of this equation so check back tomorrow for more updates.

Make that Subtropical Storm Olga

At 10PM located at 18.5N and 65.3W which is about 55 miles east of San Juan. Olga is moving towards the west at 15mph with maximum winds of 40mph. Minimum pressure is estimated at 1006mb.

The future track of Olga is generally west then WSW over Haiti, there will not be much a chance to strengthen.

I will update more in the morning or sooner if there is anything else to add.

Have a great night.

Olga is Born

Tropical storm Olga will be announce later this evening. This is the first December named storm since 2005 when we had Epsilon that carried over from November and Zeta. More details to follow.

Not Over Yet

Ok, for the past two weeks I have been meaning to sit down and write one last blog for the 2007 season. Not so quick I guess since for the past 24 hours I have been watching a very interesting area of weather near the Virgin Islands.

The NHC is issuing statements and the latest satellite imagery is showing the low-level center coming closer to the convection. I would even say it is starting to wrap a little.

We will have to wait a couple more hours tonight to see if the NHC agrees.

Stay tuned, it is not over yet.