Life on the Riviera......

Finally, the 80/80 mark...

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:07:00 GMT

We've had hot, dry weather all spring and so far this summer - but this morning @ 6:00 we finally hit the 80 degree, 80% relative humidity mark.... That, is summer...
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Very Warm?.?.?

Sun, 1 Jul 2012 19:59:00 GMT

The late, great Col. Harold Taft used to say that it doesn't get hot until the thermometer reaches 100... OK... I won't argue the point, except to say, if Harold were visiting me today, with humidity in the 70s, temperatures in the 90s and no sea breeze yet... He'd say, "it's very warm."
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We got lucky... Florida did not....

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:04:00 GMT

I do feel bad for our friends in the Sunshine State... Debby's going to be one of the most destructive tropical storms in recent history...Oh, and that darned GFS was right about the track, all along... speaking of weather models, or any storm related information - this site has more data and links than anything out there.... http://ralphstropicalweather.homestead.com/RalphTr opicalWeatherOut.htmlThanks Ralph (he called it right also)
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Little Storms - Big Impact...

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:32:00 GMT

Even a slight rise in tide/surf can inundate sea turtle nests... Teams of volunteers may be asked to relocate hundreds of nests...
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96L, aka Debbie... Riviera Game Show...

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:13:00 GMT

96L is taking her own sweet time moving/forming/confounding all us weather geeks... Summertime Saturday fun - sitting around in gulf coast bars playing, "are you smarter than NOAA's computers?" It really is something to hear old guys, who throw mullet nets for fun, arguing about GFS model runs, or SHIPS intensity accuracy...
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