Growing storm could threaten Carolinas

[Scurrilous]

Source: Miami Herald

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"A tropical system was developing Friday in the nearby Atlantic Ocean and forecasters advised residents of the Southeast coast -- particularly along the Carolinas -- to pay close attention this weekend.

The system, which had been monitored for days, became better organized overnight and soon could grow into a tropical depression or named storm, said hurricane specialist Rick Knabb of the National Hurricane Center in West Miami-Dade.

It also could fizzle out, but if its sustained winds exceed 39 mph, it will be called Tropical Storm Gabrielle. Forecasters could not rule out the possibility that it could attain hurricane strength as it moves toward the East Coast this weekend."



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[knowledgeispwr]

1. I think it's pretty unlikely that it will amount to much...

since it's surrounded by dry air, has had trouble with wind shear and will likely be kept from getting inland.

Still, I hope it does make it inland to NC. We're 15+" below normal rainfall and most the state is classified as being in "extreme drought."

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Weather channel keeps saying we're going to get rain, and it never

shows up. I don't think it's rained in Raleigh in 20 days.

[xchrom]

3. yeah -- drought for several years now -- with this the worst.

of course every year that goes by with not enough rain makes that year the worst.

let the rains come -- uh -- reasonably.

[Acadia Blue]

4. I hope not. We had it really bad in Louisiana and I don't want anyone

else to have that happen.

[libnnc]

5. Local weather peeps said yesterday we've moved

from extreme to severe drought here in the Piedmont of NC.

We need some rain. Badly.

[supernova]

6. I'll take it! We need the rain.

My lawn is all but brown, normally what it looks like just before the first frost, which normally should be about a month or six weeks away.

[smitty]

7. My sister lives in Wilmington, NC. She's all for a tropical storm

(but not a hurricane). It's been very dry in most the Southeast this year.

[Scurrilous]

8. Subtropical Storm Gabrielle Forms

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"Subtropical Storm Gabrielle formed Friday off the southeast U.S. coast, and a tropical storm watch was issued for portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina coast.

At 11 p.m, Gabrielle had top sustained winds near 45 mph and was centered about 385 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., the National Hurricane Center said. It was moving west northwest near 10 mph and was expected to continue along the same path during the next 24 hours.

A tropical storm watch was issued for portions of the South Carolina and North Carolina coast from Edisto Beach northward to Oregon Inlet, including Pamlico Sound. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area within the next 36 hours."

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/07/ap4095593.html