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Blog for Relief day

It’s Blog Relief Day today, an effort started up by TTLB and the Instapundit guy.

Donate to the Red CrossSo in case you missed the big red Donate button from yesterday’s post, or it’s too far down for your lazy finger to scroll too, here it is again. My charity of choice is the Red Cross, but you can make a donation to whatever charity you want. Here’s a big long list in case you can’t think of one on your own. Just make sure it’s a good and reputable one. You want to make sure all or most of your donation goes to help the hurricane victims, and not to lining some telemarketers’ big behind.

Donate to the Humane SocietyOh, and don’t forget the animals. They’ll need a hand getting out of this mess too.

I’ve already made my donations. How about you? Who knows, those people stuck there might be you some day. When you’re done, go here to log your contribution.

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TD 13 resurrected

Well, a few days ago TD 13 dissipated. But it seems now after basking in some more nice warm waters, it’s regenerated enough to become a tropical depression again. Fortunately it’s not forecast to become much more than a tropical storm (in which case it would be called Lee) and looks like it will be staying well out into the Atlantic.

VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW A WELL-DEFINED CYCLONICALLY CURVED CONVECTIVE BAND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER BUT THE OUTFLOW IS RESTRICTED. IT APPEARS THAT THE DEPRESSION IS VERY NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AND IF IT NOT ONE NOW…IT COULD BE ONE LATER TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED THEREAFTER.

Update:With the 5PM update, the NHC has decided to name TD 13 TS Lee

THERE IS AN UNCERTAINTY IN THE INTENSITY OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER…THE CLOUD PATTERN HAS BECOME A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED AND THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER IS ESTIMATED TO BE UNDER THE CONVECTION…BUT THE OUTFLOW IS LIMITED. BASED ON 2.5 DVORAK T-NUMBERS FROM TAFB AND SAB RESPECTIVELY AND AMSU ESTIMATES FROM CIMSS/NESDIS…THE INITIAL INTENSITY HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 30 TO 35 KNOTS. THIS REQUIRES UPGRADING THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION TO TROPICAL STORM LEE…THE 12TH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2005 SEASON. THE INTENSITY FORECAST CALLS FOR ONLY A SLIGHT STRENGTHENING SINCE THE OCEAN IS RELATIVELY WARM BUT THE UPPER-LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IS NOT VERY FAVORABLE.

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Cleaning up after Katrina

Donate to the Red CrossNow that Katrina is just a big rain event, and people are getting out to assess the damage, it’s pretty major. Huge areas of just rubble fields where houses and buildings used to be in Louisiana and Mississippi. Insane amounts of water where it shouldn’t be and hundreds of thousands of people displaced. And with breaks in the levees in two places, the bowl that is New Orleans is filling up.
There are a lot of people needing help, so take a few minutes out of your day to make a donation to the Red Cross. I’m sure they’ll take whatever you can spare.

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MT Style Generator

Just an entry to remind myself of the new MT Style Generator to use for whenever I get around to upgrading to MT 3.2.

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Quick, while everyone else is distracted…

With everyone focused on Hurricane Katrina, TD 13 has popped up east of the Lesser Antilles. This one looks like it might not be of much concern though. Still early though, and plenty of time to watch it.

A WEAK BUT LARGE SURFACE CIRCULATION HAS DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. THE DEEP CONVECTION IS DISORGANIZED AND IS LOCATED MOSTLY TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CIRCULATION DUE TO NORTHEASTERLY SHEAR. INITIAL INTENSITY IS SET AT 25 KNOTS AND ONLY SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS INDICATED IN THE FORECAST. THE DEPRESSION COULD REACH TROPICAL STORM STATUS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THE BEST ESTIMATE OF THE INITIAL MOTION IS 300 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS. CURRENTLY THE DEPRESSION IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWESTERN EDGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AND THIS PATTERN SHOULD KEEP THE CYCLONE ON A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK WELL NORTH OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. THE DEPRESSION WILL LIKELY TURN TO THE NORTHWEST BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD DUE TO A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE WHICH IS FORECAST TO BE PLACED ALONG 65 DEGREES WEST.

And a little further to the east is yet another tropical wave coming off the African coast that has potential to develop into something too. Looks like the storm conveyor belt has started back up again.
TD 13 - 28-Aug-05