The sky suddenly goes from bright and sunny to dark and ugly
What was once serenity, is now chaos.
The wind starts, and the rain falls. Tree branches and twigs hit the ground.
The squall line passes, and we await another one.
Where will Alberto go, or how long will it take to pass?

Stang. Looks like Alberto is suddenly ignoring the wind shear that's supposed to be affecting it. The storm's exploded overnight, it may become a hurricane before making landfall.

Well it's all over for us. The worst we got was some good wind and a tornado that skipped down U.S. Hwy 98 North, damaging a few trees and resturants, and that's it. Now it's moving up the U.S. eastern seaboard, and it looks like the most significant damage so far is being reported in Savannah, from downed trees and powerlines. Here is the expected track of the cyclone, which could threaten Northern Ireland and the U.K. as a strong extra-tropical storm at the end of the period: