Saturday August 3rd 2024

The daily thunderstorm threat came earlier today than usual. Around noon areas of black cloud passed through the area. I was on the road at the time, and had to run the wipers at full blast for a little while. Thankfully, it didn’t take long to drive out of the storm. However, on the horizon ahead was another black cloud that looked worse than the last one. I turned and ram. Driving in torrential downpours isn’t fun. The afternoon was cloudy with a few light showers. The temperature even dropped into the seventies.

The thunderstorms were part of the normal heat cycle during the Florida summer, but the afternoon cloud cover was the result of the approaching tropical system. Tropical storm Debby is coming. Yesterday’s forecast had it arriving sooner and getting closer to the Orlando area. Now it is moving slower and further away out in the gulf. The current forecast has the rain and some wind arriving around noon tomorrow and hanging around until mid day Monday. Up to eight inches of rain is possible.

I got in one walk around the RV resort this afternoon. I was interested in seeing what kinds of preparations were done for the approaching storm. The park staff has closed and secured both pools. The umbrellas are down and the chairs are all stacked and tied down. That seems like a reasonable precaution. The office staff has also sent out a couple of text messages asking everyone to secure any loose objects at their sites. My site is fine, but I didn’t saw a lot of loose stuff at other sites. The one thing I didn’t see was any early departures. If anything, I think a lot of new arrivals happened today.