Hurricane Harbor

A writer and a tropical muse. A funky Lubavitcher who enjoys watching the weather, hurricanes, listening to music while enjoying life with a sense of humor and trying to make sense of it all!

Thursday, December 04, 2025

Jack Frost & Sunrise Through the Carolina Pines!! Will It SNOW Tomorrow?? Who Knows ??? Supermoon in December is the "Cold Moon"

 


Woke up this morning, deep down under the covers as I prefer lots of blankets to the heat being on too high and tried to go back to sleep. My husband wakes up early and leaves early. I lay there, playing possum trying to stay in bed and enjoy the cool morning; the weight of the covers and dreams of snow falling from the sky tomorrow morning. As he was leaving he yelled out "there's frost on the cars!" and I giggled and jumped out of bed, threw on my faithful Victoria's Secret soft, warm hoodie over my pajamas, shoes and ran outside to see the frost for myself. I know for people raised up in Maine or Michigan or Minnesota this may sound silly, but in Miami I never could understand what frost was actually. 

"Jack Frost" this character from Winter used in stories or referred to in movies really seemed an intangible sort of winter weather.  Snow I get, snow I had seen and Ice Storms were explained in detail to me by my best friend who grew up in Upstate New York. Frost seemed some sort of fleeting, ethereal visitor as it creeps in like fog or something - in truth I never was sure. In Raleigh it happens sometimes, you have to be up early to see it and it melts as fast as the sun climbs above the level of sunrise. Even in Winter the sun here can warm things up fast, especially on a relatively clear day the first week of December. It's dry more than it's wet, so generally there's not enough moisture to get a real layer of frost. I live in the Suburbs of Raleigh, maybe if I lived out in the country I'd see Jack more often... 

As the picture above shows I saw frost and I made a small smiley face on someone's red car and smiled like a kid. Normally, the only thing we could do similar to that in Miami was either because smoke for a fire in the Glades left ashes on the car or a heavy layer of Saharan Dust. My father was never happy when he saw smiley faces on his car, not because he kept it cleaned and washed but he didn't understand the need to make a smiley face! 

Nuff said on the smiley face. But oh the sunrise was beautiful. In Carolina you get the chance in Winter to see the sunrise or set between the bare oak tree branches or through the Carolina Pines. Not exactly a clear cut view of the sky here as there is in South Florida. I finally get why people line up at sunset in Key West to watch the sun set out over the water turning tropical golds, pinks and sometimes even a drop of fuchsia!


Luckily I like the lacy look the Pines make...

As for snow tomorrow?
Who knows.............???

Watching videos online.


Raleigh is always in that area of 
"definitely maybe"
but
"probably not"


Raleigh is always on "the line"
But there's cold air coming down the road.
I'm a sick puppy.... I love the cold weather.
Had enough of hot weather most my life....
I like when the air feels like the AC is on outside!


Time will tell!
Winter Storm forecasts usually bust here.
Barely a few snowflakes in the rain.
Or they overproduce.



Time will tell.
Allan Huffman in Raleigh put this out...
...love his discussion and maps.
He's on Patreon with deep discussion.
@raleighwx on X


I'm under the E to be clear.
Time will tell.


December 4th!
There is a Super Moon....
Always ups the ante weather wise it seems.


Is that beautiful?

On Miami Beach my best friend and I would tell the kids we were going shopping to Publix and run over to the beach about 5 blocks away from our house and watch the moon rise sitting on the boardwalk. Awesomeness. Then we'd rush to Publix and in a frenzy throw enough food into the shopping basket to make it look like we'd been wandering through Publix talking rather than hanging out at the beach. In later years we'd go to Hollywood Beach, after the move up the road, and there's nothing like Hollywood Beach during a full moon, let alone a Super Moon! People line up to watch, especially as astronomers bring telescopes to see the moon up closer; people dance by the band shell or walk on the beach.


Hope you enjoyed.
I needed to sit and write.
Writing helps me think... process my thoughts.
Plan my day.

Have a wonderful day, 
BobbiStorm in Carolina.....
wondering on tomorrow and enjoying today
Ps will proof this later this morning.
Who reads my blog in the Winter?



















Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Winter Dreams in the Carolinas. Winter Storm Moving East.... Cold Air in Place!

 


Google Weather.
Either loves me or is just teasing  me.
Really, really want snow.
A dusting.... flurries.
Wintry Mix!

Life in Carolina can be a heart breaker when it comes to Winter Weather. Those who love Winter Weather often get their heart broken when the temperature stays too high and we get rain or the snow turns to sleet (which is neat but cuts down the totals) or we get way more than expected and the whole place goes bonkers.  Those who want snow often get their heart broken. Those who moved here to get away from the snow get their heart broken when it snows. It's good to know which side of this divide your friends are on before you say "WOW DID U SEE WE MIGHT GET SNOW?" and they scowl and explain they moved here to get away from Winter and you silently think "oh gee maybe you should have moved to Jacksonville Florida, you didn't research this well did you?" and then there are those who live here and love it because it has the Seasons. I love snow. I want snow. I like any form of Wintry Mix. And, yet I'm on that line geographically where there is usually snow to the North yet it seems very hard to get it to move South of I-40. 

The joy is it's December, very early December and there will be many more chances for Winter Dreams later in the Winter. Cold weather currently is all the rage & it's a nice early bonus.  Below is a good map I saw online put out by Gerald Mengel who is and On Air Met in Charlotte a city to my WSW that I spend time in often. It's the base of the Piedmont Crescent that runs from there to Raleigh. Hurricane people type things like WSW ...



You can see this storm.... 
...sort of matches up along those lines.

Carolinas have the mountains...
...and the beautiful beaches...
Many live in the Piedmont in NC!
Gets a nice mix of weather.
Seasons are awesome.
Can go W toward the moutains.
East to the beaches.

And many of us pray for snow!
I'm praying.
Wishing.
Hoping.
But I'll believe it if I see it!

Nice


Colorful maps today on X!
I so love color and maps!

December 1st brought winter.
Below Freezing nights.
Days in the 40s and 50s.

Polar Vortex is in style this year.
It drops down....
...cold air gets shunted down.

So yeah that's my weather world today!
This is a Weather online diary ya know....
Snowed  in my son's backyard in Colorado.
Loved the pics!
It was very pretty, been there and it's beautiful.
Well, especially blanketed in snow.

So what are your weather dreams today?
Winter Weather?
A tropical beach somewhere.......

I have a friend who loves "fair weather"
She's a meteorologist.
Maybe one too many hurricanes in Miami?
To me "fair" weather isn't weather.
But it is...
...right???


View of the blue sky....
...from the room I'm decluttering...
Or just chilling...enjoying the moment.

Not gonna stress it today.
It's a detox day for me..
Just enjoying the moments...

Sort of like enjoying fair weather?
Haha I get it!
Carolina Blue Skies today!

As for Friday........


Official NOAA Weather Map.
It will change I'm sure...

Have a wonderful day.
Enjoy... just breathe!
And smile.
Smiles are always good!!

Besos BobbiStorm

Sometimes......you gotta smile.
Gotta just breathe.
Ignore the world a bit....
breathe in, breathe out
Move on 









Monday, December 01, 2025

Snow Chances in the Air.... Raleigh Convention Center on Fire Tonight from a Gas Leak! Shimmer Wall Keeps on Shimmering.



(note this blog was written in real time....)

Regarding the 2025 Hurricane Season....
...it's best to go straight to the source.
There's a link below to their story....
...the story of flying into hurricanes.
So we can get the best forecast possible.

There's not much to say the season is over and I've spoken on it and everyone has spoken on it and it was what it was and it was a season of disconnecting dialogues. It was a boring, slow season with mediocre storms struggling to get a name and survive a while and some Invests could not even muster the energy to get a name, let alone a track map. Then there were the Major Hurricanes that did Rapid Intensification as if it was a dance they learned in college or performed on the road. A little warming up and WHAM we had RI and everyone online went wild reading data from planes and they all curved up into the Atlantic far from any landfall. Until Melissa that managed to somehow break the spell, break the forcefield and slide into the Caribbean going where no other 2025 systems dared to go. And she hit the specific spot of hot water that would allow her to intensify stronger than any other Atlantic Hurricane on record since we've been able to collect the data. A season of extremes from slow, boring and exhausting to "OMG did you see the models" and watching it do what the models showed it would do ...though taking her own time to draw out the drama.


Tropical Storm Chantal.
People forget it made landfall.
In the USA.
It did the Carolinas....
...and a bit of Virgina.
Ye Olde Tidewater States.
United in history.

The USA did have a landfall.
But it was a TS not a Cane.

It's a season that will be studied for years to come and instead of saying "this could blow the top off like Wilma did" they will be saying "this could blow the top off like Melissa did!" and Jamaica tries to pull it back together, pick up the pieces and start over.  After a Cat 5 Hurricane that is basically what happens. It's not "fix things up" nor "clean away the debris" it's starting over from scratch in some places. Some places fared better than others but the whole infrastructure and normal flow of life is far off like that distant galaxy over the horizon. Prayers and charity are important. Hard work, grit and a sense of determination and I've known a lot of Jamaicans and they all have that in abundance. I've lived twice in areas that were filled with Island Folk from the Caribbean, both in Crown Heights and in North Miami Beach Florida and they are awesome. But it's still an awesome challenge to get to normal after a Major Hurricane let alone a strong Cat 5 Hurricane.

Back at the ranch.... watching chances for Winter Weather that could pop up or rather fall down to the sky if the cards are all aligned and we are dealt a hand with Winter excitement vs cold, nasty rain. First there was a chance of next Tuesday (there was one flake on weather App) lol and then it said a chance of flurries Friday Night  maybe.... then a sliver of a chance ?? Now it shows maybe Saturday!! Go figure there's possible snowflakes spread all over Google Weather! Maybe we will see flurries indeed!


So this happened..........
Checked X for a post on snow....
...and "oh my God!"
Raleigh Convention Center on Fire..
Live Breaking News...
LED Wall still works!
Go figure.
In shock here......


All news stations good here.
 WRAL is a go to for Breaking Local News.
Seems fire was on the roof.
Seems electricity is on as LED wall working.
We do so love that Shimmer Wall.

Rarely does anything happen in Raleigh.
Anything big or terrible.
Watching coverage in real time...
...old school style. 
Really crazy.
ABC News put this image up ....


Maybe we will get snow........
.... this looks fake...
But it's a real picture.
My mind went to that pic from 2014..
..or maybe some scene from Ghostbusters!


Old pic from 2014.

Just a reminder that you think you know what you are going to write on and suddenly news happens, close to where you live at a place you know well. Will see in the morning if there are snowflakes on the Weather App tomorrow! Maybe sometimes things happen in Raleigh, we had Tropical Storm Chantal, could we get early December snowflakes or even some Ice?

Leaving a link to my friend Mitch who put up a good video on YouTube on Winter Storms and Snow possibilities. Mitch wants snow. I want snow. Will see as life happens in real time....




Weatherwise you can see.....
....we have shifted into Winter Weather.
December 1st.... BOOM!
Winter Weather Possibilities...

Luckily no wind tonight in Raleigh.
What a night.

So Hurricane Season Over....
Winter Weather Season ON!

Link below to Hurricane Recon Post...
....on 2025 Hurricane Season.

Apparently fire from a gas leak!
More details to come .... I'm sure.
Note between concerts....
...conventions.
Cheerleading Competition... 
Lots scheduled this week!
Will see in the morning what will be.

Link from Hurricane Recon.
2025 Hurricane Season is their story to tell!


Sweet Snowy Dreams
BobbiStorm
@bobbistorm on X