There is a sustained 45kt wind at my sliding glass door right now...

[Duff]

with gusts to 60 easy. Lightning struck within 50 feet of my truck about 3 times this morning, and drove through perhaps the heaviest rain I've seen in years. There are white caps in the canal right now and even the 50 foot cruiser next door is rocking in this wind. Debris is flying...

Here is the latest discussion of the area...

...DISCUSSION...

THE GULF OF MEXICO...
A 1009 MB LOW IS INLAND OVER SW GEORGIA NEAR 31N85W. A SURFACE
TROUGH EXTENDS SW FROM THE LOW CENTER TO THE CENTRAL GULF ALONG
28N86W 25N92W. CLUSTERS OF SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG
CONVECTION ARE WITHIN 180 NM SW OF THE TROUGH AXIS. SCATTERED
MODERATE CONVECTION IS ALSO OVER THE NW GULF FROM 26N-29N
BETWEEN 93W-95W MOVING W. RADAR IMAGERY ALSO SHOWS SCATTERED
SHOWERS OVER THE SE GULF AND S FLORIDA MOVING E. ELSEWHERE...A
SURFACE TROUGH IS OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND S MEXICO ALONG
22N92W 15N92W. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE WITHIN 60 NM OF THE TROUGH
AXIS. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS CENTERED OVER
CENTRAL TEXAS NEAR 30N99W PRODUCING MAINLY NE UPPER LEVEL WINDS
OVER THE GULF. SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE IS OVER THE GULF
S OF 29N. EXPECT...LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

[Zane]

Hmmm, sounds like a summer day in the northwest, except it's probably warmer there. :):):)

[Duff]

Looks like the storms are going to fire up again this morning, but the low has moved into the center of the Gulf. They are saying 10% chance of development at this point.