All going on at the same time. Tonight, Paloma became a Category One hurricane and will become a category Two Friday.
Moving north through the Western Caribbean toward the Cayman Islands. The hurricane will cut across the center of Cuba. What a tropical season that country has experienced!
Meanwhile, a blizzard continues tonight over the North Country (see the previous post from James) Mitchell, South Dakota was reporting visibility 3/4 mile in snow and blowing snow with wind north at 36 with gusts to 74 mph (hurricane force counting the gusts. This storm left 38.5 inches of snow at Deadwod, South Dakota. Very early today, Rapid City clocked a wind gust to 77 mph. Huge drifts of snow.
Meanwhile, here is the latest track forecast for Hurricane Paloma which will not bother our friend, the Gulf of Mexico:
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