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!
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
NHC Says Nothing For 7 Days. Long Range Apps say Maybe Something on the 8th Day Fronts Always Up the Ante... Remember That.
But maybe on the 8th Day.......
True story I deleted yesterday's post ....by accident. Every October my eyes drive me crazy. Drops only help for a little while and allergy meds that work make me sleepy. So then I take a Nespresso with the allergy meds to counteract the spacey effects of the allergy meds that work and then.........I'm slightly jittery and in a mood cause I just had super caffeine from the delicious Nespresso and well if you know you know. My father had Hay Fever growing up in New York City. That in itself to me as a child in Miami seemed odd "I mean they have hay in New York City??" and then he moved to Florida and no more Hay Fever ... he'd say. I moved to North Carolina and "ohhhhhhh now I get the Hay Fever" as ragweed and I do not get along. And, when we lose "fake Fall" and move back into "feels like Summer" my hay fever kicks back in and I delete the wrong post. It wasn't such a big post. It basically said nothing is supposedly forming in a while in the Atlantic. And, that I knew the NHC would drop the yellow circle 20% by Africa as I could tell they weren't so into it and they were not and dropped it.
But Steve, on old friend, on X
Woke me up faster then Nespresso
That's my neck of the woods.
A while ago I told a few friends I just want something small off the OBX coast or near Wilmington NC so I can run over and play in the waves of an offshore storm (I'll even take an Invest in 2026) but nothing has been showing. This morning social media is talking on very long range possibilities. Above is by my favorite beach actually. Below Steve shows the EURO is playing a long too.
That would work.
Up the waves.
I'd feel the breeze.
We'll see.
I'll add Dabuh be doing his art work again.
Singling multiple songs ;) :)
And yeah
Note
You gotta always watch the 2nd Image...
Woke me up better than Nespresso.
And daughter brought me some ...
...delicous Maple Pecan ones
when she was in town.
Ya know.
It's October.....
...getting deeper into October.
The list is long....
..for strange storm
That comes along
And go:
BOO!!!
Florida Carolinas NY & NJ
they know what I mean.
So it's not over
til November 30th.
IYKYK
Also until you have real fronts on the move, you got not much to work with as fronts up the ante in the "will it hit me" or "will the front pick it up and save me" song singing in your head. There's a reason the Hurricane Seasons goes from June 1st (even tho few form them) until November 30th (rare but happens) and it's a good reason if you've ever been stung by a storm that starts tropical and ends up like a cold front. Late Autumn storms surprises you when you aren't looking. So stay tuned.
Lastly.......... how many Weather Apps do you have on your phone? How many do you actually use? Yes, I have more Weather Apps than Shopping Apps. Which ones do I actually use? Sephora. Ulta sometimes. Nordstrom also for Make Up. Amazon for everything. Weather Apps I won't say which as I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings here. But my biggest problem is they all try to do the same thing, add complex features or change the color scheme or rearrange things and then...we end up using the same few over and over. Some call to us, some do not but some have that one feature we love. And, often I want a simple App. Just the basics. An App that resoates with me. An App that gives me what I want fast and nothing more. Life is fast paced in 2026 and truth is no one has time. We all be on the Express Train in a rush to get somewhere. Sometimes ya gotta just take some time to just type, listen to music and be jammin' and that's what I'm doing today. I'm on my Staycation before I go on Vacation, resting up from my kid's vacation to Raleigh this past week. Awesomeness but Mommy wants a Staycation today.
@DHTheWeatherNut
on X
works in his region.
I'm a long term follower, he's a great source or weather info always. Will see what I think in real time. I had a Weather App that I liked because it was simple, cute and 1 2 3 easy and fast for when I just wanted "basic" info vs a deep dive when I use my mother favorite Apps. They changed it to make it "fancy" and now it's annoying and still not as good as the complicated awesome Apps I'd use if I wanted "fancy" and that's my thoughts on Apps. Ps Sephora App is way better than Ulta just saying...being honest. Why? Sephora takes you where you want to go and Ulta takes you all over the place and back and not where you want to go. Apps like weather is perspective based ...some of us love to play at the beach taking photos and watching sea foam fly in the wind and others do not. Some of us love snow, some of us don't. Like music .... but I have eclectic tastes in music as in everything else. And, let's me real a whole bunch of us are using our favorite AI to see curiously how they compare to the models and note they update FASTER than the GFS and EURO. Welcome to 2026 ....truly life in the fast lane!
Update on Tornadoes & Damages from Remnants of Isaias In North Carolina.. Tornado Warnings in My Neighborhood in Raleigh Today.
strong winds, tornadoes
landslides and flooding
North Carolina today.
And update tonight.
10:30
It's been a day. Really. The sky was dark, if we had no electricity as in the days of old the house would have been dark as night. The sky covered over early in the day, cloaked in a thick layer of clouds that you can see in the photo below with the remnants of Isaias all wound up in a tight ball still even though the core with it's winds disappated the waether went on and on and on.
Here's a list with my comment sbelow from Google AI. I have family here in town still, no time to really research them all but wanted to list them and then I can come back to them and review the information. And know they are still collecting info on damages as people report damages.
From Google AI
"Yes, at least 5 tornadoes have been confirmed in Central North Carolina, with multiple other confirmed touchdowns and active tracking occurring across Eastern North Carolina. The severe weather stemmed from a fast-moving line of storms associated with the remnants of Isaias. [1, 2, 3]
The National Weather Service (NWS) and regional dispatch centers have verified the following specific tornado touchdowns and tracked paths:
Confirmed Central NC Touchdowns (EF-1 Storms)
The NWS Raleigh confirmed four EF-1 tornadoes in Central NC: [1]
Pittsboro (Chatham County): Touched down around 12:05 p.m. along Moncure Pittsboro Road (roughly 9 miles east of Pittsboro) with peak winds of 100 mph.
Fayetteville (Cumberland County): A confirmed tornado swept through northwest Fayetteville right around 12:00 p.m. (noon). It tracked heavily across the Skibo Road commercial area, causing significant structural damage to a Sam's Club and an adjacent Walmart.
Northeast Raleigh (Wake County): High winds and an intense "spin-up" rotation were caught on camera between noon and 1:30 p.m., causing structural damage and downing trees onto homes along Amber Bluffs Crescent.
Fort Barnwell / Kinston (Eastern NC): An observed, confirmed tornado was tracked by radar at 3:12 p.m. moving northeast at 35 mph near Fort Barnwell, about 12 miles east of Kinston.
Wallace / Chinquapin (Duplin County): A tornado-producing storm moved near Chinquapin at 2:02 p.m.. Significant damage was reported along U.S. 117 North near Teachey Road.
Montgomery County: An early-morning tornado warning was issued around 10:30 a.m. as the initial line of severe storms entered Central NC.
Emerald Isle (Carteret County): A large tornado was reported coming onshore from the ocean earlier in the morning. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
The National Weather Service is continuing to survey storm tracks. I can set up a task to monitor for updated NWS damage assessments and final EF-scale ratings if you would like to be kept informed."
My thoughts ....well the one that touched down in Northeast Raleigh was near me, or raced over me on it's way not so far away to where there was "rotation" spotted and damges occured.
The one at Raleigh Exectutive Jetport had 90 MPH winds.
The one in Pittsbors had 100 MPH winds.
I'm in Pittsboro often so paid close attention.
My point tonight is that Isaias definitely impacted North Carolina even though it was just her remnant, leftovers and packed quite a punch. Tremendous tree damage in some parts, siding and supposedly part of a roof at a Marriot in NC was destroyed. Not sure on the details in that as again I had relatives in town. Good times. One day at the right time I'll talk on that. But we hunkered down inside during the Tonada Warnings in my immediate. Okay I was out on the balcony observing the torrential rain and extremely loud and long rolling thunder along with some cracks of thunder that definitely caught our attention. No hail No real rotation though there was a sense of rotation ...the kind I see when its on it's way somewhere else.
Then we went to the Farmers Market where I got some incredible photos of the sky as the storm waived goodbye.
Not much sleep this past week. Awesome having kids home, playing with their Goldendoodle (she's so cute) and just living life, enjoying.
As for Isaias............ what does it take for a name to be retired? Well, in general I know but it has to be agreed upon. 2020 Isaias slammed into Ocean Isle Beach NC and raced across Raleigh intact with one of the hugest, longest wall clouds I'd seen in a long while. Below is a picture that tells the tale, as a picture is better sometimes than a thousand words.
Isaias came up that year from the beach.
This year Isaias hit us from the backside.
Near Fayetteville where damage was tough...
there's the Marriot pic that was on WRAL
After the Storm....
We went to the Farmer's Market.
Some dark clouds about but mostly sunny skies
And very tropical.
Not just warm but humid.
And then the clouds left....
..dramatically as we drove back home.
No filter.
Surreal.
Real.
Raleigh.
We had Isaias leftovers again.
Wild, really.
Kids leaving tomorrow.
I'm tired.
Will jump on top of things tomorrow.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow.
Sounds like a song cul.
New yellow circle?
Maybe.
Will see.
One foot in summer.
One in Fall
Dreaming on Winter
Heard this song today ...
...for the first time in a long while.
Remembered how much I loved it.
Danced, smiles....
whenever, wherever...
Sweet Tropical Dreams, Bobbistorm.
Keep on reading if you did not.
from this morning...
10 AM
It's always a disconnect.
NHC pulls the plug as the center is dead....
...and yet the severe weather keeps pounding!
The worst of it has passed by...
On under the dark oranges in mid NC
Short blog I have family commitments today with family in and places to go as the rain, severe weather and Tornado Warning is over in our area.
Re: Isaias the damages seen are strong and it's a blessing that it did not linger long and was moving fast at landfall. Less flooding that way. Still damages at the coast are immense and power outages always a pain. It's a time to access the damages, do what you can and do the best you can. Some people got lucky and others not so lucky. Incredible coverage by chasers and now the hard work of rebuilding begins.
In the Triangle in Raleigh, have place stop go after the tornado warmed storms have moved on ...
Will update tonight. Was wild to stand out there feeling the rain, watching the wind in Raleigh and know that some of the DNA of Isaias again reached Raleigh. Displaced remnants, go figure but still a wild few minutes in the tornado warned storm in my immediate area.
Location: Miami, Raleigh, Crown Heights, Florida, United States
Weather Historian. Studied meteorology and geography at FIU. Been quoted in Wall Street Journal, Washington Post & everywhere else... Lecturer, stormchaser, writer, dancer. If it's tropical it's topical ... covering the weather & musing on life. Follow me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/#!/BobbiStorm
