Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Today's Storms

Well I guess I have to start off with Bertha to keep the streak of Bertha posts going. Bertha has weakened into a Category 1 hurricane today as it moved into an environment with some increased wind shear and cooler water. Wind Shear helps rip apart tropical systems so they lose there structure and strength. It will be interesting to see if the storm can intensify again. The track looks to remain to the East of Bermuda as of now.

Back home, all was quiet today before a complex of showers and storms developed over Southeast VA and headed Northeast through Delmarva. There were some severe thunderstorm warnings on Delmarva. Two severe storms came across Sussex county DE with wind gusts over 60 mph. There was no storm reports issued but our weather watcher Hunter Outten from Frankford, DE had small hail and strong wind gusts. Another round of storms is possible later Wednesday as a cold front approaches.

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