TS FRED Headed to Cape Verde Islands with Hurricane Force Winds.. One for the books. Erika brings Rain ...

Link to Cape Verde Islands weather

http://www.wunderground.com/cv/praia?MR=1

Well that's unique. One for the record books. An intensifying Tropical Storm named Fred is forecast to hit the Cape Verde Islands with hurricane force winds. This year is so rich in Cape Verde Storms that they are battening down the hatches in Praia in the CV Islands to prepare for a land falling storm.

Healthiest wave in years... 

In an El Nino Year.

Remember that.

Hopefully Fred will be a Fish.

A cold fish... 

And if not his cousin SAL is ready for him..

Some great links at www.spaghettimodels.com on future tracks.

They truly are spaghetti models.

Models look like a bouquet of roses drooping.

Good discussion on www.crownweather.com

I'll be at www.canetalk.com as I usually am.

Here's Fred's track below from Crown.

Track

Most probably at some point in history a hurricane has formed that far out... but we can't find record of it yet. And, we've been trying.

And so the hunt for another storm began...

It was like a Safari looking for a storm..

There have been storms back in time.

Some have very little data to support the tracks.

Ship logs are available.

Of course if a ship went down ..

...and is at the bottom of the ocean we don't have the ship's log.

But it happens rarely.

The 1893 Sea Island Hurricane that decimated Georgia started....

off Africa by the CV Islands.

Note that storm did the C V Islands as a Tropical Storm.

Today there would have been a cone.

Tragic storm that went all the way to Georgia.

http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/pre1900s/1893/

One of the things that is impressive and fun...

....the collaboration online between meteorologists in real time.

On Twitter, in message groups and private email groups.

People exchange and share information.

I like it.

Mother Nature has surprises for us always.

After weeks of hyping a landfall by Erika..

Forecast to be much larger, stronger than Danny.

Forecast to go the distance and make landfall on the US Coast.

Erika falls over like dizzy dancer losing momentum.

Like a car at NASCAR that lost it's wheels in a crash.

Some say it was missing an engine the whole way...

Hyping a large hit on Hawaii by an INIKI like Hurricane...

Nothing much happens.

Then........Fred forms and heads TOWARDS the C V Islands.

Go figure.

Isn't Mother Nature amazing?

Tropical meteorology is awesome.

Let me share with you some facts about the Cape Verde Islands.

Is that beautiful or what?

Volcanic Islands. 

Desert areas...

Pristine waters.

Villages perched up high on the mountains.

Those villages will be in danger of mud slides and floods.

Salt Water.

Volcanic Ash.

Bet that's not what you expected..

If you ever really thought on it.

John Morales commented on the dangers today on Twitter.

They aren't used to having tropical storms there or hurricane force wind.

Our storms may start there and travel West.

But rarely do you have a season so strong ...

....that they come spinning off the coast.

Bound for the Cape Verde Islands.

Oh look there is another one behind him... 

Healthy Cape Verde Waves...Setting sail every few days.

Well spaced too!

I've noticed a lot of sailors read my blog.

Enjoy this video. It' a sailing paradise.

And the surfers go there... 

It's probably not what you expected to find.

Listen to that wind...

Keep watching.

Can Fred get to our side of the world?

People are already asking...

He's so far away right now.

Wouldn't bet money that you'd see his face at your door.

But... only time will tell. 

And, time's name is Fred.

Last note on rain from Erika...

Headed up the coast.

Same as the last cone..

..except its just rain..

flooding rain in some areas.

Charleston is forecast to get a lot of rain.

NC and VA as well.

Note you can't see Fred... cause he's hiding way over there.....

Besos BobbiStorm

Ps I said this morning the video from www.hurricanecity.com would be up.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/71957303

It's on the website. 

Some good discussion.

I called in, we spoke, we talked. I talked.

My allergies are bothering me. 

So I hate the way I sound but... listen to Jim and Bill.

Jim is awesome. If he gets excited about a storm.

Trust me it's time to pay attention.

He wasn't soooo excited about Erika...

...tho he did cut some branches back.

Smiling. Good to be tracking and talking.

About Fred who is sooo far away...