Those tracking maps were a cash maker for all the TV stations as sponsors wanted to be on them knowing their logos/products would be on many tabletops for the many months of summer. But like Schwegmans, K & B, Sidmars...ain't dere no more! Nope, it's all done for you through computers. I guess they call that progress?
What's left of Elsa has now moved into Georgia and will take her tropical rain shield through the Carolinas into the NE during the next 2 days. If you have travel to NYC or Boston this week, expect some delays. The Tropics appear to be going quiet for the next 10-14 days. Yea!
The other area I'm watching is a low level swirl inland over south Texas. NHC continues to ignore it so I guess we don't need to worry about it. You can see that band of tropical moisture out over the Gulf that would cause some serious flooding if it moved over land.
On the weather map, north of a cold front there is no rain and much drier air. Over most of the eastern states it's New Orleans humidity with lots of clouds and scattered showers. We need to see the Bermuda High build back over the Southeast that would give us more sunshine and fewer showers. Hopefully that will happen for this weekend. And finally,,,
The nation's oldest fishing Rodeo begins two weeks from tomorrow. It's not too late to plan on winning a trophy or a new fully equipped boat or watching the children's crab races or just relaxing eating some of the best seafood in the world. I'll be talking about it for the next two weeks as my involvement goes back nearly 40 years. Stay tuned!
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I used to use the old hurricane tracking charts to teach latitude and longitude to my fourth grade students. We would track the storms daily. Learning with a purpose.
I remember being in 9th grade when Hurricane Andrew came ashore. Our science teacher gave us an assignment to plot the hurricane coordinates on the map while we were out of school.
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