Too bad the "G" is female...had it been Gabriel, I was going to photoshop George "Gabby" Hayes's head and put it in the center of circulation. I grew up with that beloved character early on Saturday mornings, when I was up long before anyone else in the house was and watching reruns of Roy Rogers. Just didn't work when I put his head in for "Gabrielle"....Tropical Storm Gabrielle, officially.
Nice windy rain system dropping some (but not nearly enough) rain on extremely parched soils as I write the first of this blog posting Sunday evening before going to bed and finishing/posting before work Monday. Never was a concern for the Triad, and as you can see from the image below, the rain shield holed up east of the I-95 corridor.
All along this system was to turn north toward the Outer Banks, and then exit the Duck/Corolla area and head northeast with increasing speed. The 2 images here are several hours apart, with the latest one below. Without even seeing the satellite imagery, you know there is strong shear aloft as there is no rain on the western side of the circulation until you get well to the southwest. In fact, for most of this storm's coastal passage it has held the heavier rain bands on the eastern half, most out in the open waters.
There was some significant rainfall around the Beaufort-Morehead City, 6-9" worth, but that was a limited area. New Bern got almost 2 inches, but the big dry dogs didn't even get a milk bone out of it: Wilmington got not one single drop, and Hatteras picked up a whopping 0.23". Both of those deficits are above 19" for the year. Ouch. Plenty of tidal surges and tropical storm force winds winds buffetted everyone...never was a hurricane threat, and has now wound down to a depression as it heads out to sea.
Afterall, this is the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, September 10. You can see the trio of 'suspect' areas for tropical development circled in yellow above, and as you saw with Gabrielle, development can be very rapid under the right conditions. Of the 3 areas, #1 holds the best draw for a winning hurricane poker hand over the next couple of days.
While I remember Gabby from Roy Rogers, he first made his face known as Windy Halliday and side-kick to Hopalong Cassidy...and after he ended that contract over a salary dispute, he was barred from using the "Windy" name, so he picked up "Gabby". Over the years he worked with other notable greats as John Wayne and Randolph Scott. In prior posts you may be aware I was a student and former faculty member of Woodberry Forest School in Virginia...Randolph Scott was an alumnus of said school (as was Johnny Mercer, but I digress). If Randolph Scott was good enough to be in the title of a Statler Brothers 'standard', he might as well be family.
All I have is a doggie, not a dogie, but the time as come to saddle up as I do have to ride the asphalt range west to the salt mine ranch, aboard ol' '99. The ol' blue mare she ain't what she used to be, but that's in cosmetics only. I just hope that chuckwagon's got somethin' good on it this morning.
Nice windy rain system dropping some (but not nearly enough) rain on extremely parched soils as I write the first of this blog posting Sunday evening before going to bed and finishing/posting before work Monday. Never was a concern for the Triad, and as you can see from the image below, the rain shield holed up east of the I-95 corridor.
All along this system was to turn north toward the Outer Banks, and then exit the Duck/Corolla area and head northeast with increasing speed. The 2 images here are several hours apart, with the latest one below. Without even seeing the satellite imagery, you know there is strong shear aloft as there is no rain on the western side of the circulation until you get well to the southwest. In fact, for most of this storm's coastal passage it has held the heavier rain bands on the eastern half, most out in the open waters.
There was some significant rainfall around the Beaufort-Morehead City, 6-9" worth, but that was a limited area. New Bern got almost 2 inches, but the big dry dogs didn't even get a milk bone out of it: Wilmington got not one single drop, and Hatteras picked up a whopping 0.23". Both of those deficits are above 19" for the year. Ouch. Plenty of tidal surges and tropical storm force winds winds buffetted everyone...never was a hurricane threat, and has now wound down to a depression as it heads out to sea.
Afterall, this is the statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, September 10. You can see the trio of 'suspect' areas for tropical development circled in yellow above, and as you saw with Gabrielle, development can be very rapid under the right conditions. Of the 3 areas, #1 holds the best draw for a winning hurricane poker hand over the next couple of days.
While I remember Gabby from Roy Rogers, he first made his face known as Windy Halliday and side-kick to Hopalong Cassidy...and after he ended that contract over a salary dispute, he was barred from using the "Windy" name, so he picked up "Gabby". Over the years he worked with other notable greats as John Wayne and Randolph Scott. In prior posts you may be aware I was a student and former faculty member of Woodberry Forest School in Virginia...Randolph Scott was an alumnus of said school (as was Johnny Mercer, but I digress). If Randolph Scott was good enough to be in the title of a Statler Brothers 'standard', he might as well be family.All I have is a doggie, not a dogie, but the time as come to saddle up as I do have to ride the asphalt range west to the salt mine ranch, aboard ol' '99. The ol' blue mare she ain't what she used to be, but that's in cosmetics only. I just hope that chuckwagon's got somethin' good on it this morning.
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