Interesting NWS Long Term Forecast out of Ruskin (Tampa)

[Roxy]

and so it begins:

The TX/LA vs. FL people.

*pulls up a chair*

I'm already annoyed by the TX/FL argument!!

LOL, the Florida people refuse to believe that Texas could get a storm, or that anyone knows anything about storms other than Floridians...and the Texans want some action so bad, they will cling to any hope!

It's really quite amusing.

[otowntiger]

and so it begins:

The TX/LA vs. FL people.

*pulls up a chair*

I believe you left out the MS/AL/NWFL players. They are never silent in these discussions either. I doubt you'll be your chair long.

[simplyme]

and so it begins:

The TX/LA vs. FL people.

*pulls up a chair*

I'm already annoyed by the TX/FL argument!!

LOL, the Florida people refuse to believe that Texas could get a storm, or that anyone knows anything about storms other than Floridians...and the Texans want some action so bad, they will cling to any hope!

It's really quite amusing.

Here's one Floridian who would be thrilled if it went to Texas...of course, I'd be just as content if it dissapated, or decided it wanted to be a fish (not likely with Emily, but for the upcoming storms...)

[Roxy]

and so it begins:

The TX/LA vs. FL people.

*pulls up a chair*

I'm already annoyed by the TX/FL argument!!

LOL, the Florida people refuse to believe that Texas could get a storm, or that anyone knows anything about storms other than Floridians...and the Texans want some action so bad, they will cling to any hope!

It's really quite amusing.

Here's one Floridian who would be thrilled if it went to Texas...of course, I'd be just as content if it dissapated, or decided it wanted to be a fish (not likely with Emily, but for the upcoming storms...)

I wasn't referring to all posters, just to clarify.

As for me, I'd take some rain, but we dont need much else here. It's been too long since we've had a storm...we have too many trees just waiting to be trimmed by some high winds.

[TreasureIslandFLGal]

Geez guys! How did a whole TX/FL war start raging over this??? I was gone from my desk for a few hours and was suprised to see this thread still going! -and most of it griping.

All that was shown in my initial quote was that the ridge could head more north... I was pointing out that because of that possibility, the US would probably have to deal with Emily and it wouldn't just head straight into the Yucatan. Nowhere in that quote was there any pointing of eventual landfall (whether TX or FL) in the Ruskin comments.

And regarding their comment during Dennis about the ridge eroding to the northeast, they were right...the southwestern part fo the ridge did erode slightly, allowing the more NW turn quicker than many of the models had depicted at the time. They said this when Dennis was still SE of Jamaica. They also indicated in the same information I quoted that day that the ridge would also be building back in over the northern part of Florida later. They were right on as far as I saw.

Some folks here just took out the snippits of what they wanted to hear or what they wanted to argue about rather than the whole post.