Poochie’s Weather

Hanna will be more of a rain threat to us than a wind threat. Expect rain atleast 1inch/hour,  and sometimes an 1 1/2 per hour or 2inches per hour. Winds will increase and get stronger as the day goes, until Hanna starts to move away from us. Winds will be 15-25mph sustained winds, with possible gusts above 30-40mph. Power outages are possible but isolated. They will occur if you get that 40-45 mph gust, and the rain will help the occurance of down trees. There will be so much rain and the soil will be so saturated, that it will be east for trees to uproot. The rain will become lighter later this afternoon. Around 8 or 9 the rain will come to an end. 

I will update if any major changes occur.

     Tropical Storm Hanna is going to impact our weekend weather greatly. Rain and thundershowers are expected to start Friday night. Saturday the wind will start to pick up as Hanna moves from the Virgina shore, and scrapes by the lower Chesapeake. As of right now there is a possibility we could recieve Tropical storm force winds, which meanse 39-75 mph winds. We are probably looking at sustained winds here around 30-40 mph. If the track of Hanna were to shift west we would get stronger winds, and if it were to shift left we would get weaker winds. Nevertheless, we will get soaked on Saturday.

<>      Hurricane Ike is a Cat 4 storm with sustained winds 135 mph. Ike looks like its gonna affect the Bahamas, and potentially us, but the track of Ike is extremely uncertain. There are tracks taking Ike to the south coast of Florida, and some taking it along the eastcoast and then right back out to sea. We will just have to wait and see.

Remember to submit your “Pooch of the Week” nominees to elmexicano3562@yahoo.com, with a short description and picture of your dog. I will update tomorrow on Hanna.

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The tropics are busy as ever. We got Hanna, Ike and Josephine, that are all tropical storms, with winds 50-70mph. Hanna is the only storm, that may concern us, currently. Hanna is slightly weakening right now because of the wind shear coming off the northern edges of Gustav. That shear is expected to lessen. Hanna will strengthen slowly and become a Hurricane within the next 36 hours. Its expected to track to the northwest and take a turn north, and make landfall in South Carolina as a strong Category 1 hurricane. The projected path takes Hanna through the eastcoast and straight to our area. Because Hanna will be moving extremely fast, we can expect tropical depression like conditions around here from Hanna on Saturday. If Hanna were to be a Cat 2 hurricane, we could possibly expect tropical storm conditions, with higher winds. We’ll see how that turns out. Tropical Storm Ike is going to threaten the U.S. early next week. There is some uncertainty or where Ike is going to go, either to the Gulf, or to the east coast. In any case, it will be a threat to the lower 48. Both Ike and Josephine are expected to become hurricanes in the next 12-24 hours. However, both will likely weaken because of wind shear, and Josephine will be traveling over some cooler waters, which will aide the weakening. I’ll update tomorrow on the Tropics.

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Week Weather:

Wednesday: Sunny. High-90 Low-60.

Thursday: Sunny. High-90 Low-62.

Friday: Showers and storms starting in the afternoon. High-80 Low-66.

Friday Night: Storms will continue as Hanna moves through.

Saturday: Storms and rain/wind. HANNA! High-80 Low 65.

Sunday: Partly sunny. High-83 Low-66.

Send in “Pooch of the Week” applications to elmexicano3562@yahoo.com, with a picture and short summary of your dogs life and hobbies.

POOCH OF WEEK?!?!?!

Name: LUCKYYYYYY

Owner: The DeArmey Family

Age: 10 or 11

Lucky is a lucky, lucky dog. He was rescued from a dog pound in the heart of Virginia. With that sad face of his, how could you not deny him??? Out of all the dogs I have ever met, Lucky has the most dominance out of them all. He is the king of all dogs. He runs the dog community. However, I don’t think it would be possible if it weren’t for his location at the DeArmey homestead. The DeArmey house is like the base for the pooch community. He always gives an alarm whenever something is sighted near the base. Lucky is known to the dog world as the Luck Pharoah. Although Luck is the pooch emperor, it doesn’t mean he can’t enjoy the joys of a regular dog. He loves a good stick, and his favorite toy currently, is a squeaky rubber pig. He also knows a a nice combination of tricks. If a treat is insight, Lucky quickly sits, shakes, shakes other paw, lays, and rolls over. Good news las perras, Lucky is a bachelor, so if any lil dawggg out there is looking for a nice time out and about, look for Luck, he normally roams the streets making sure everything is calm and collected. Keep reigning Luck, and keep the poochies first.

Laidback Luck.

An embarassing moment for Lucky, as he cant seem to find his crown.

As for the Weather:

Tuesday-Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs: upper 80’s to the lower 90’s. Lows: Mid to Upper 60’s.

Friday- Few Showers. Highs: Mid 70’s. Low: 65.

Saturday- Remnants of Hurricane Hanna will likely hit our area. High: 83. Low: 63.

TROPICS:

Hurricane Gustav continues to slow down and just pour rain in Northern Louisiana. They are going to get loads of flooding up there, hopefully those Levees will hold, and New Orleans will have dogded a huge bullet. Hanna has become a hurricane! It is a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 80 mph. It is expected to hit anywhere from the northern east coast of Florida, to North Carolina coast. As you can see there is a huge amount of incertainty in Hanna’s track. However, it is expected that a ridge over the West Central Atlantic will stregthen and cause Hanna to turn Northwest and into the east coast of the US. However if that track is more north than expected and Hanna hits North Carolina and near the Outerbanks, we could experience more tropical like features here. Right now it is expected we just get rain and thundershowers on Saturday. One last note, Tropical Storm Ike has formed far out into the Atlantic, and expected to affect the lower 48 early next week.

Hurricane Hanna-

Check for updates on Hanna tomorrow.