Come on, Irene!

So Irene is looking to pummel the most populated area of the US... the Northeast...  This is bad news for those on Long Island.  I have already seen where they are encouraging those to leave Long Island now who can, because traffic is going to get insane!

Irene is now a Cat 3 hurricane and is forecasted to become a Cat 4 storm before brushing the NC coastline.  By the time it tangles with the NE coastline, she'll be a strong Cat 1 and possible even a Cat 2.

She is classic looking right now...  Looking very much like a buzz saw.  The eye is well defined.  She's a beauty, but this is bad news.

Hurricane Irene

I've been watching Irene closely...  She showed up on the GFS so far back that I thought there was no way this imaginary storm would happen.  I tend not to believe the GFS at hour 380 simply because it always seems like they throw some doom there at the end just for fun.  :)

Anyway, now Irene looks like she's going to be a real threat to the US coast and probably have some affect from Florida to Maine!

School ruined a possible chase of the tornado producing outer bands of the storm, but the track keeps pushing eastward, and making the storm too far away to reach and make it back to work on Monday.

It is all good though.  I'm not sure I would want to tangle with a major hurricane. 

Anyway, here is the latest spaghetti model for Irene.  Notice the eastward trend.  There is still a chance, IMO, that she'll go to the fishys, but we'll see.

And here is where the GFS has the storm impacting the Outer Banks of NC.

And eventually, it shows Irene still impacting the coast, even NYC and Boston.

More details as the storm progresses!

Possible Local Homegrown Chase on Saturday!

This morning the severe threat for Saturday was pushed further west than I hoped it would be.  Right now, it looks like a linear system will be pushing through during the overnight hours here in town.

We'll see...  Right now, I'm still planning on chasing locally unless the sun goes down before I can see anything.  Otherwise, it will be more lightning shots from the front porch! :)

The meteor shower begins tonight, but it will apparently be occluded by the full moon and cloud cover here locally.

I'm still going to see if I can see anything.  :)  I am hopelessly optimistic, which means I'm frequently disappointed..  Bahahah :)

And so it begins.....

I am beginning my thesis work now.  I finally sat down yesterday and started drafting the proposal, and I really thought about who I might put on my committee. 

And during all that thinking, of course, I wouldn't be me if I didn't immediately start thinking about what I will do next.

I'm probably going to take a year off from school and then get my MBA.  I have also considered doing something for fun, like maybe Penn State's online Met certificate.  We'll see what happens...  :)

As my good friend Jo always says... horsey cart. 

A Less Vague Blog Post

I'm my effort to cause less drama, I have caused more drama.  It does make me sad a bit, but you know.... what can you do?

Just for my own benefit, I'm putting this out there.. I'm not being snobby or whatever.. I'm just trying to pare down the number of people who see every detail of my life.  And I'm not going to talk anymore about it!

NOW!

For today, we have a chance for some severe weather.  I think there's much more of a risk for strong winds, but they also put us into 15% hail category.  I'll believe it when I see it!!!  Camera bag is packed and ready to go!

And on Sunday night, I finally got that lightning capture I've been waiting for!  It's a little overexposed, but regardless! It's the best I've done so far!

Sighhhh.........

My goal is to live a drama free life as much as I possibly can!

That's all.......