Batten down the hatches!Aw crap! I spoke too soon - Choi Wan drifted more southerly overnight and is now expected to come closer.... "damaging winds" will set in this afternoon... but only in the 40-50 mph (sustained) range. A "banana storm", but with the state of our electrical distribution system, and the massive vegetation growth we have had with 3+ years of no typhoons, I can almost guarantee our power will go out today, and stay out for at least 24 hours.
No doubt. It's like Mother Nature looked at the calendar, saw it was now Fall and decided to drop the thermostat by 30 degrees.Temperatures have dropped like a rock here, especially in the mornings, and the wind hasn't been helping. I hate having to wear long sleeve shirts.
And now it's sunny. I love Colorado.It's so dark here right now, it seems like nighttime. Lots of rain, too. Several accidents already on the roads, cuz people forget to slow down when the roads are wet.
.MARINE...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL VARY WIDELY THROUGHOUT THE MARIANAS. GUAM
WATERS MAY HAVE MINIMAL GALES AND 8 TO 10 FOOT WIND WAVES WHEREAS
SAIPAN WATERS MIGHT EXPECT WIND WAVES AS HIGH AS 30 FEET. IN
GENERAL THOUGH...MARINERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND SECURE THEIR
BOATS WHILE THE GETTING IS GOOD.
&&
.TROPICAL SYSTEMS...
TYPHOON MELOR HAS FINISHED ITS PERIOD OF RAPID INTENSIFICATION BUT
IS STILL INTENSIFYING. IT WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH AND MAY BECOME
A SUPER TYPHOON AS IT DOES SO. MOST MODELS AND FORECASTS HAVE HAD
IT PASSING BETWEEN SAIPAN AND ANATAHAN...WHICH STILL LOOKS FAIRLY
LIKELY. AS THE MOST POPULATED ISLANDS WOULD BE LEFT OF THE STORM
TRACK THIS WOULD SPARE THEM THE FULL BRUNT OF ITS FURY. LET US
HOPE IT IS ENOUGH.
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