Sahara Sand Headed to Florida? - Hurricanes Beware!

Very interesting short article from the Brevard Times on the impact Sahara Sand blowing to the US could have on hurricane development.

Debby was a big social media hit in Tampa Bay

Excellent recap from Tampa Bay Times columnist Eric Deggans: "Twitter, Facebook and smartphones replace TV for some Tropical Storm Debby watchers in Tampa Bay area".

Revealing photos of Debby

Here are some shots of what Debby did from Tampa Bay's ABC Action News

Debby's Depressed!

Debby downgraded to tropical depression heading East/Northeast across Florida/Georgia line and out to sea.

We happy!

Now this is some confused spaghetti

Debby's latest model.

Debby's Latest

Headed for landfall

Now this is a baseball rain out

Philadelphia Phillies' spring training field in Clearwater Florida underwater courtesy of Tropical Storm Debby

Debby's Downer

After a day of rain from Debby, some reports reaching 9-10 inches in the Tampa Bay Area (5 inches here), flooding, power outages and even one death related to the weather, the storm track is still unpredictable.  

Below are two images.

One from our local ABC affiliate which shows the "cone of uncertainty" suggesting the storm can go any which way but backwards.  

The other is from the Weather Underground which shows the somewhat popular track heading mostly north. 

Debby Sets Record

Forming Saturday afternoon, Debby now holds the distinction of being the earliest "4th-named storm" of the season dating back to 1851.  Per The Weather Channel, in an average year the 4th storm would occur around mid-to-late August.   The previous earliest storm was Dennis forming July 5th, 2005.

Debby is forecast-ed to drift to the West.

Rain & Riptides in Tampa Bay this weekend

Watching the Gulf. Local weather forecaster says Tropical Depression forming and to watch for NHCC update at 11pm