OMG! Avila is honking, too???

[Scott_inVA]

SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
715 AM EST THU DEC 4 2003

SATELLITE IMAGES AND SHIP OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A TROPICAL STORM MAY BE FORMING ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTH OF KINGSTON JAMAICA. EVEN IF THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE...IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BRING HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER JAMAICA...EASTERN CUBA... HISPANIOLA... SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURK AND CAICOS ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

ALL INTERESTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS DISTURBANCE AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION...IF NECESSARY. A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON.

FORECASTER AVILA

sheesh! The sky is falling.

[dixiebreeze]

That's the truth -- Avilla is pretty dependable, as I recall.

[Scott_inVA]

That's the truth -- Avilla is pretty dependable, as I recall.

He has the slowest trigger finger in Florida so I am impressed with his comments.

Scott