Skyepony's WunderBlog 

Morning all~ As Tropics stated..Tropically it's pretty dead even through we have three invest. 91L has another naked swirl approaching. Maybe it's last day, but the way it's carried on I'd be scared to bet it.

Indian Ocean one has a little convection..


Tropics~ Yeah, that's why I went back to shuttle pics after the squalline. Weather has been beautiful here.

Aqua~ Those are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. I've got to plant some of those. My first round of green beans is finishing up.

Planted a bit yesterday.. Busy day ahead. First up: going in to renew my driver's license. Wish me luck.

91L still up there, look at the core dive SE as that front from this last low approached.


Saw a brushfire on west side of US1, somewhere between Post & Lake Washington Rd. Near a bunch of trailers in some woods around a retention pond. Smoke blew out over the Indian River.


My birth certificate that was my only one ever issued to me that has got me through to this point was deemed unacceptable to renew my drivers license. I had to drive near an hour away to get another copy of my birth certificate. For that all I had to show was my driver's license. The idiots that made these laws should be voted out. Wish me better luck tomorrow when I try for a license again.

Thanks y'all for appeasing me with having a little fun with this..

Here's an article from Tampa on it.

Bogon~ It is a FL thing. People are still fighting "real ID" in NC. There are all these stories in local Hometown News where people rant & rave about stuff, it's recurring topic. The laws changed a few years ago & now a lot of people are having a hard time renewing. It's all good online but when your year comes around that you have to come in with about every paper on yourself you can muster..the stories.. You need proof of every name change, every marriage & divorce certificate or proof of death on past spouses. Made a many mad elderly ladies with that law. I barely proved where I live even though it's on my licenses. They require several document with your address.

Ylee~ You've got a great point..I am lucky I was born here.

99P is finally gone 97W is new.
97W



So cold! CMC has 91L remains in the area at the end of the run.

Fire map is maxed out in spots.. fire-free day wishes to all:)

Another something on the DMV, I knew the nightmare tales must have some merit when I saw the changes to the place. The workers were all, but the greeter, behind bars & bullet proof glass.

No Labels or Safety-Testing of Frankenfoods

May
26 will mark 20 years since the FDA decided, at the behest of the biotech
industry and corporate agribusiness, and under the leadership of Michael Taylor,
to keep Americans in the dark about whether our food has been genetically
engineered or not. Thanks to Michael Taylor, genetically engineered foods don't
have to be safety tested or labeled, and the Food & Drug Administration
conducts no premarket review or approval, as long as Monsanto and their fellow
chemical pushers (Dow, Dupont, Syngenta, BASF) conclude that the genetically
engineered food is not "materially different" from normal food.
Twenty years later, Michael Taylor's FDA has rubber-stamped Dow's conclusion
that their Agent Orange Corn (genetically engineered to resistant massive doses
of the herbicide 2,4-D used in Agent Orange) is comparable to normal corn.
Tom Vilsack's USDA is ready to give Agent Orange Corn final approval. Soon,
we'll be eating unlabeled corn engineered with genes from a soil bacterium that
isn't killed by 2,4-D herbicide - something we've never eaten before, and that's
never been safety tested.
2,4-D is currently the 7th largest source of dioxin pollution in the US and
is toxic to the eye, thyroid, kidney, adrenals, ovaries/testes, and neurological
system. Agent Orange Corn is projected to increase 2,4-D use 50 times over.
Take Action by Tomorrow - April 27,
2012!

Hey everyone. Checking out the tropics. Not real active at the moment.

91A



Now that my license is renewed, human nature sinks in..as long as I don't have to deal with it..kind of sinks down the priority list. Celebrating human nature with some Monsanto Bashing..there's one that hasn't faded but become darker & more troublesome.. Agent Orange corn anyone? No? Better consume organic corn only.

90% of Vermonter's are backing the Governor to sign a bill to label GMO. It looked like a sure thing til last minute Monsanto promised to sue the heck out of the state. Last I saw citizens were gathering money to fight the lawsuit on behalf of their state.

Ya'll rant, rave & comment on. Reading it all.

97W & 91A are looking a little livelier. 90S is new but not real impressive.. & we have a blob in the Caribbean. Models have it inhospitable or don't pick up on it so much NASA/GMAO GEOS-5 keeps it weak, sheared.. puts it in Nicaragua/East Honduras. May have 92L soon.

Hey Aqua~ Looks like VT inches closer, though nothing definite.. CA is putting up the good fight too. Like that pic in there.

Fed some spent corn to the ponies yesterday, waiting on seedlings to pop up. Eating alot of cabbage, onions, brussel sprouts, peppers, some cucumbers, cherries are in. Not the best year for blueberries. Grow watermelon..grow:)

Rob~ Sorry about your tomatoes.. I used to let things dry out or skip watering before expected rains. Learned it's not the way to fly with tomatoes. If I'm skipping any way, best to pull them before a downpour if they have any color.

Juslvn~ Hey! I was in your blog the other night. Should have commented.

Windsat looks much healthier than a few weeks ago. Actually made a pass on that blob yesterday..


Never seen this anomily before..
Oceansat


ASCAT missed.

That's actually the new yesterday's Windsat showing now. Hard to believe it caught it two days in a row.

Tropically all the invests that flared yesterday are dead today. 97W is the only survivor.


As for the local moisture. The Bahamas & SFL look to be the real winners of the rain.

Finally had a chance to look at the satellite. Tropical feel today. Been out in it all day. Went from Casselberry to Malabar. Saw a quick downpour in Melbourne. Had 0.11" here. Saw a decent scud cloud west of I-95.

Skyepony (the actual pony) was feeling the surface trough south of here, wind would kick up a little & he'd want to go..pranced around more than usual. Fun ride.

The ants are moving to high ground.

There is an Upper level Low over SFL & Bahamas is venting the trough, causing diffluence, especially on the east side, over the Atlantic & Bahamas. So can't rule out a more rain for East Central FL. Little going on now north of Orlando, incoming shower headed for the Cape.

This should continue on about another day. More heavy rain for SFL/Bahamas is possible. Models then call for the different features to move away from each other, weakening it. There is so much shear around. The bulk of the moisture may make it to LA before being slowly pushed back east over much of the Southeast over the next week.

OSCAT caught the SFL/Bahama Blob earlier.

The switch hasn't completely been thrown for the Northern Hemisphere season yet. 97W died, then promptly three invests formed in the Southern Hemisphere..91S, 92S & 93S.