[Baz]

"Surfers on the other hand, welcome the possibility of large ocean swell development."



Thought that was funny coming from a NOAA weather report concerning TS Beryl:

Brevard Times: NOAA Hurricane Storm Tracker: Beryl Barreling Toward Florida

MIAMI, Florida -- NOAA's National Hurricane Center storm tracker in Miami, Florida has issued a Special Tropical Weather Outlook at 11:00 a.m. EDT on May 26, 2012 due to the development of a 2012 Memorial Day Weekend Sub-Tropical Storm Beryl that has become better defined in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina, Florida and Georgia.



Sub-Tropical Storm Beryl has maximum sustained winds of 45 m.p.h., with higher gusts, and is located 330 miles east-northeast of Jacksonville, Florida. Sub-Tropical Storm Beryl is moving much faster than earlier today to the southwest at 9 miles per hour and is forecasted to make landfall near Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday.


A tropical storm warning is in effect north of Florida's Space Coast from the Brevard County - Volusia County line northward to Edisto Beach, South Carolina during the 2012 Memorial Day Weekend as the system moves closer to a landfall on the Southeastern U.S. coast.


A tropical storm watch is in effect from Edisto Beach, South Carolina northward to South Santee River, South Carolina.


Sub-Tropical Storm Beryl will produce high seas off the Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina Atlantic Ocean coasts which is bad news for boaters where Memorial Day weekend is traditionally a busy day for recreational boating and fishing.

Beryl is also bad news for retailers in the affected areas who rely heavily on Memorial Day sales.


Sub Tropical Storm Beryl could also produce dangerous rip currents for the 2012 Memorial Day weekend beach goers along the Space Coast and east coast Florida and Georgia beaches.


Surfers on the other hand, welcome the possibility of large ocean swell development.



Elsewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 48 hours:

We need rain too badly! Yipee!