Last gasp before landfall
As of the 5 PM advisory, TS Andrea had winds of 65 MPH and a central pressure of 993 MB. Andrea is located at 29.5 north, 83.4 west. That position is about 140 miles away from Coastal Glynn County. If Andrea continues at its current 17 MPH, the center of the storm is about eight hours away. I’ve been tracking our local air pressure and it has begun to fall. At the moment, it was at 29.73 inches, or 1006 MB.
Our weather forecast is full of warnings but so far very little has happened. There’s been a little rain and a bit of wind, but that’s all. But now is not the time to relax and say that nothing will happen. Over the next eight hours, things could get much worse.
It is at this point in time in the hourly forecast that the winds and amount of rain start to rapidly worsen. This is forecast to continue until about 10 PM, when winds are predicted to by 40 MPH with 53 MPH gusts. There is a tornado watch until 10 PM, a flood advisory and of course, a tropical storm warning.
All this leads me back to the point I make in most of my posts: take this threat seriously until it becomes clear the threat is overblown. But it might not be.
I’ll have more about passage of Andrea tomorrow morning.