Sunday, August 29, 2004
Weather columnist Kevin Myatt: Count 'em -- 1,2,3 named storms
Kevin Myatt is The Roanoke Times' weather columnist.
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- Many looking past mild, quiet week toward possibly wild weekend
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- For now, it looks like a quiet, mostly mild week ahead for SW Virginia
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See maps of these storms:
Tropical Storm Gaston is ashore in South Carolina. It didn't quite make it to hurricane strength. Gaston is spinning a few showers into our neck of the woods this evening, and some areas along and east of the Blue Ridge could get some locally heavy downpours.
Tropical Storm Hermine has formed over the Atlantic about 325 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, but will likely continue to drift north staying offshore. If there is any threat, it would be to Cape Cod later this week, probably as a weak tropical storm.
The big weather story of the next week or so is likely to be Hurricane Frances. High pressure to the north is likely to keep this major hurricane, now packing 135 mph winds, chugging west or west-northwest toward the coast of the Southeast U.S. There seems to be nothing out there to cause any kind of major weakening of Frances. Big decisions on warnings and evacuations may need to be made as early as mid-week, with a strike likely late in the week. Anywhere from Key West to Cape Hatteras seems to be a possibility right now.
The active tropical season continues. Stay tuned.
