Is there something brewing in the Caribbean?
Posted by Beachlover on 5/30/2014, 1:39 am
Dunno how reliable this is (who's "Crown Weather Service"?) but an article in the Pensacola News Journal tonight says:

Early predictions by Crown Weather Service meteorologists indicate that a low pressure system could form in the Caribbean by early next week and reach the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm soon afterward.

It will still be several days before meteorologists will be able to gauge the brewing storm's strength and path with certainty, but Rob Lightbown, owner of Crown Weather Service, said that the system will definitely drench the Panhandle.

"At the very minimum we'll see a significant amount of rainfall stream out of the Caribbean into the Panhandle area ... possibly 6-10 inches between late next week and the beginning of the following week, which is obviously something you folks don't need," he said.

Crown Weather Services of Caribou, Maine complies data from numerous weather prediction models and amalgamates them into one forecast. Lightbown said that several models show the storm developing off the coast of Belize around June 2 or 3.

From there, Lightbown believes a high pressure system over the Atlantic will push the system north-northeast or northeast until it makes landfall June 6 or 7.

"The big wild card is whether this develops into a tropical storm," Lightbown said.

He said that amount of wind shear around the system will be the chief determining factor in whether it develops into a tropical storm or depression, or just produces heavy rain.
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Is there something brewing in the Caribbean? - Beachlover, 5/30/2014, 1:39 am
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