Tropical Storm Richard to aim toward Yucatan and Gulf of Mexico
After emerging in the Caribbean on Thursday morning, Tropical Storm Richard was forecast to intensify into a hurricane by Saturday and aim toward the Gulf of Mexico early next week.
At 11 a.m., Richard, the 17th named storm of the season, was about 220 miles south-southeast of Grand Cayman, plodding southeast at 6 mph with sustained winds of 40 mph.
Under the long-range forecast, the system would hit Mexico’s Yucatan as a Category 1 hurricane early on Monday and downgrade to tropical storm.
“Plodding along…” well, what do you expect? I’m 68 years old. I don’t run much any more.
Well, congratulations. Of course, now the whole world is watching you. Better behave yourself. 😉
Behaving myself would mean diminishing to a mere tropical wave and I’ll have none of that. I want my moment of death and destruction.
Hi Richard:
The storm grew to an astronomical size. The title of your post is as big as the storm. I thought for a brief moment your site had been hijacked.
Take it easy when you hit land. 🙂
Regards,
Omar.-
Go BIG or don’t go at all.