Hurricane Elsa is weakening

[malaise]

[secondwind]

1. Good to know... thanks, Malaise!

[Lochloosa]

2. At least your are on the "good" side.

[malaise]

3. and out of the cone now

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. Good to see Jamaica is looking safe. Maybe some wind and rain.

But, once again, poor Haiti.

[malaise]

18. This one won't be Matthew

No longer a hurricane and moving at 29mph - tropical storm warning for us now with the 11.00am update

[Hortensis]

4. Reportedly the weakening will continue through

the weekend, apparently partly due to Elsa's unusual speed. Glad for the islands. Stay dry and well fed.

[malaise]

7. And 31mph is more than unusual

Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines and St Lucia have roof damage but nothing severe

[Hortensis]

9. Thank goodness for that last.

[FM123]

5. Good news! Sure could use a little more of that these days.....

[Wounded Bear]

6. Some high mountains in Cuba...

that drags the winds to slower speeds close to the ground/at sea level. Looks like from that track it'll spend two full days over that island.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. Once over open water, strengthening happens....

Which the Gulf waters are in the upper 80's as far as Temps go. Let us hope for the best.

[malaise]

10. But Elsa is moving at unheard of speed

so it won't have time to strengthen - barreling towards the mainland at 31mph

[ancianita]

12. And there's not enough distance on water

for it to regain strength. As it runs along the coastline the land will slow down any speeding up done on the Gulf.

I'm on the West Coast and am hoping for only wind and rain.

Glad you're pretty much in the clear, mal.

[malaise]

15. Thanks ancianita

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Thank you!

[Klaralven]

13. REAL-TIME GUIDANCE FOR HURRICANE ELSA (AL05)

http://hurricanes.ral.ucar.edu/realtime/plots/northatlantic/2021/al052021/

https://www.sfwmd.gov/weather-radar/hurricane-model-plots

https://web.uwm.edu/hurricane-models/models/

[malaise]

20. Thanks

[mcar]

14. Good

It's heading straight toward us.

[malaise]

16. Will be a TS moving with speed

[Saoirse9]

19. Good news!