Late season storminess

Looks like TD 27 resurrected itself and has become TS Gamma, making it the 24th named storm of the season. Doesn’t look like it will get much stronger as it travels up through Cuba/Florida.
From this morning’s 4 AM discussion:

A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH OF GAMMA IS ALSO BEGINNING TO APPEAR AT THE 700 MB LEVEL. THE COMBINATION OF THE WEAKENING RIDGE ALONG 85W LONGITUDE AND THE MODERATE TO STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD OPEN AN ALLEY FOR GAMMA TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AFTER THAT… A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS CURRENTLY OVER THE U.S. PLAINS STATES ARE FORECAST BY ALL THE MODELS TO MERGE AND DEVELOP INTO A HIGH-AMPLITUDE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY 72 HOURS. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO INDUCE SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY STEERING FLOW NORTH OF 20N LATITUDE BY 60-72 HOURS… WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN GAMMA LIFTING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN CUBA… THE BAHAMAS… AND POSSIBLY SOUTH FLORIDA. THE GLOBAL MODELS DISSIPATE GAMMA OR KEEP IT TRAPPED IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS… WHICH SEEMS UNREASONABLE GIVEN THE VERTICALLY DEEP CIRCULATION NOTED IN THE 00Z UPPER-AIR DATA. AS SUCH…THE OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK LEANS MORE TOWARD THE GFDL SOLUTION SINCE THAT MODEL MAINTAINS A DEEP TROPICAL CYCLONE THROUGH 120 HOURS.
SINCE SIGNIFICANT VERTICAL SHEAR IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ACROSS GAMMA THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD… ONLY SLIGHT INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST IS A BLEND OF THE GFDL AND SHIPS MODELS.

TS Gamma - 19-Nov-05

More fast food creepiness

Does anybody else out there find that Burger King ‘king’ really creepy? I just saw the newest commercial this morning where this guy and girl are riding a tandem bike through a tunnel, and on the other side, the girl’s disappeared and been replaced with the ‘king’. It’s creepy I tell you, Creepy! And those ones with the ‘king’ standing out on the guy’s lawn? It’s like some kind of bad hangover hallucination or something.

TD 27

Just in case anybody though there might finally be a quiet end to a very busy storm season, there’s now TD 27 in the Carribean. 5 day track has it heading west into southern Mexico/Central America, so probably not likely to have much effect here. I doubt that area would want much more rain though, after the beating the area got from TS Beta a few weeks ago.
TD 27 - 14-Nov-05

Good thing #45 about living in Charleston

You get to see some really nice sunsets. Caught this one heading over the Ashley River bridge on the way home one day.
Sunset over West Ashley

60 years ago

It’s been 60 years since WW II ended, ending 6 years of war that started on one side of the globe and ended on the other side. In the 60 years since then, there have been numerous localized conflicts and wars adding to the population of veterans. Take a moment and put a few of them in your thoughts.

Lest We Forget

Veterans Affairs Canada CBC Remembrance Day Canadian Legion

Victory in Europe: May 8, 1945

Victory in the Far East