It appears Tropical Storm Cindy knew I wouldn’t be at home if she came knocking so she decided to go in the other direction. The latest forecast discussion from the National Hurricane Center says:
“THE STORM APPEARS TO BE MOVING DUE NORTH…AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE
TROUGH APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO INDUCE A
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITHIN 12-24 HOURS. THEREFORE THE
OFFICIAL TRACK FORECAST IS ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE
PREVIOUS ONE.”
That previous track had been to the east of where they figured the storm would go Monday afternoon, which was somewhere along the central Louisiana coast. That was after the previous forecast that it could hit somewhere along the Texas-Louisiana border.
It is somewhat disappointing. Not that I want to get a direct hit from a tropical storm, but the fact we probably won’t get any rain or temporary relief from these hellish temperatures. Do you know what you call the downside of living in Texas? July and August. But we don’t do much winter around here. That’s an upside.