Question for the weather minded...aussie, joan??

As the season gets later storms tend to form elsewhere in addition to the usual freight train from Africa. Now, for example, there is a wave just south of us which will likely form into a storm today or tomorrow. Lenny, as you may know, came to us from the west, in November. There is just no telling, and it's unwise to drop your guard until the season is over.

I'm a bit out of the loop at the moment, Juanita. I'll check later if I have a chance. I observed the same thing this morning though. The wave train over the African continent is not nearly as active at the moment. That doesn't tell us about the next month, however. It's a peek at the next coupla weeks at most.

Yep, not so active right now. But rks is absolutely correct. It's not over till it's over. - end of November. Until then, anything can happen. Twice a day, I check http://www.stormcarib.com and Jeff Master's blog on wunderground: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html There might be jazzier sites out there, but these are really the only 2 sites you need to check to get a handle on what's going on.

I'm not taking anything out of the garden shed for now. I have put back out the patio chairs and that is it! Keep your guard up.

Pamela

I just finished viewing the tropical update on The Weather Channel. I'm not into forecasting but the reason Lisa is going nowhere right now, is because the jet stream has dipped so far south it is preventing Lisa from doing much. Also there is a big low pressure area in the Cape Verde -African coast area. Because of these two things, the tropical waves coming off the west coast of Africa has stopped completely. According to TWC, they think the Cape Verde hurricane season will end if that jet stream stays in place for a while. Instead the better chance of hurricanes & or tropical storms forming will come from the eastern, western, or southern Caribbean.

However, I'm not really putting everything back out on our decks just yet.

Jumbie -STX

Along this same line... My husband and I just had the conversation about removing the hurricane shutters. Since I spent over 8 hours putting all 125 panels up while he was out of the country, I'm not really inclined to take them down until I feel that there's fairly little chance of a hurricane. When do people typically remove their shutters here? It's hot as Hades in the house with them on! 😀

When do people typically remove their shutters here?

🙂

My panels go up within hours of a storm's approach and come down with hours of it's retreat but then again, it only takes 22 panels to button up this house.

My, but I bet that you are hot! You need to let the breezes in! The nights have been sweet lately.

After Earl we left up the two shutters that are hard to put up/take down and they are still up. All others have come down because we do not have AC and need the breeze. I have seen houses without shutters, houses with a few "high up" shutters still on and some still fully shuttered. It just depends on your circumstances. I'd take a few down to get some breeze!

Juanita: We have passed the peak of hurricane season, so are on the downward slope. I don't think we will see the chorus line out there again, but that doesn't mean a Wrong Way Lenny can't bite us in the you-know-where the end of November. I am cautiously optimistic. But my shutters close and lock in 5 seconds!:P

Omar was October....................