Nov 09 2009
No Rain, Just Wind
Tropical storm Ida, currently making it’s way over the Gulf of Mexico, has yet to bring rain to my area of Florida. We’ve got wind, though. It’s gusting pretty good. One just knocked some seed from a hanging bird feeder. I wonder if the local is part of the same system. Of course, it is definitely a part of we consider the Earth to have one weather system. Which it does, pretty much.
I just checked the most recent projected storm path at the NOAA website. Looks like we may see some precipitation yet. Perhaps by the end of the week. Which would be a good thing. We’re down a quart. Or maybe a foot.
So far we’ve had a notably mild hurricane season, and the season is quickly drawing to a close. I wonder if the lack of tropical storms has resulted in a lower water table than one would expect for this time of year.
Next year I may want to welcome storms of the gentle variety. Not that it will make a difference.
