11:00 a.m. ET NOAA Report: Tropical Storm HERMINE
...HERMINE HEADING FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA GULF COAST... ...LIFE-THREATENING SURGE AND FLOODING RAINS EXPECTED...
At 1000 AM CDT (1500 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Hermine was
located near latitude 27.4 North, longitude 86.0 West. Hermine is
moving toward the north-northeast near 14 mph (22 km/h), and this
motion with a slight increase in forward speed is expected during
the next day or so. On the forecast track, the center of Hermine
will be near the Florida coast in the hurricane warning area tonight
or early Friday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph (100 km/h) with higher
gusts. Additional strengthening is anticipated, and Hermine is
expected to be a hurricane by the time landfall occurs
RAINFALL: Hermine is expected to produce storm total rainfall
accumulations of 5 to 10 inches over portions of northwest Florida
and southern Georgia through Friday, with possible isolated maximum
amounts of 20 inches. On Friday and Saturday, Hermine is expected
to produce totals of 4 to 8 inches with isolated maximum amounts of
10 inches possible across portions of eastern Georgia, South
Carolina, and eastern North Carolina through Saturday.
Warden is bitching about my yearly karaoke Bar-B-Q on Sunday,
she says we are going to get rained out, and asks: "what are your plans?".
I told her this monring, that I hadn't noticed the change in the weather, but
If it rains, I am planning for people to get wet. She wasn't happy, tried to get me
to cancel it... About 8 of my friends, 3 of hers, some neighbors, and the
youngest daughter has invited some of her friends.