Well, TD 12 didn’t take very long to sprout. There it is smack dab in the Bahamas and headed toward Florida. Might even become a tropical storm by tomorrow. Guess I’ll have to wait a few more minutes to see what the NHC has to say about it. Definitely one to watch.
Jose has left the building
Looks like TD11 grew into TS Jose yesterday evening while we were busy cleaning house and getting ready for the horde to descend.
That makes 10 named storms for the year so far. Next up…Katrina. From the 0530 TWO, it could be this one:
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LARGE TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN ABOUT 700 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
or this one:
CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS EXTEND FROM EASTERN CUBA AND HISPANIOLA ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS…AND INTO THE ATLANTIC FOR A FEW HUNDRED MILES. THIS ACTIVITY…WHICH IS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN…HAS BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED THIS MORNING NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
TD 11
TD 10 fizzled out and now there is TD 11, which looks like it won’t be much more than a big rain event for central Mexico.
From today’s noon discussion:
UPPER-LEVEL OUTFLOW IS VERY STRONG AND THE WATER IS WARM…HOWEVER…THE SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE VERY LONG OVER THE WATER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH NEITHER THE SHIPS NOR GFDL INTENSITY GUIDANCE MAKES THIS SYSTEM A TROPICAL STORM…I PREFER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION IN
FORECASTING THE DEPRESSION TO REACH STORM STRENGTH.
I’m not sure I’d want to store things in one of these
Saw this GoogleAd on a website I visit regularly. I’m not sure I’d want to buy something flammable to store things that are likely to catch fire and/or explode. I’d prefer those cabinets to not catch fire thank you very much.
You forgot your message
Either there are a lot of people at work forgetting to type in the body of their email or there’s some worm/virus spreading through the hospital. All day I’ve been getting blank email messages from people in the hospital. I suppose there could be some glitch with the mail server that’s sending message bodies into the bit bucket.
I think I’ll go make sure my anti-virus software is updated, just in case.