Despite all of Alberto’s convection being well to the east of the center of circulation, and despite it encountering some wicked shear, the National Hurricane Center has declared Lemon Juice, and we have our first named tropical storm of the season. It is anticipated that Alberto will attempt to take advantage of amnesty-lite being pushed by everybody except House Republicans, with supporters claiming that it will drop the rain that American tropical storms refuse to drop for a third of the wind damage.
Revisions/extensions (11:38 pm 6/12) – Alberto survived some serious sheer to damn near become a hurricane earlier today, and he’s dropping tornadoes across Florida like they’re candy. Guess just bringing 4-8 inches of rain to a state that needed it wasn’t exciting enough.
