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Posted on 08/15/2009 3:31:52 AM PDT by NautiNurse
The 2009 Atlantic tropical season is heating up with Tropical Storm Ana forming about 1000 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and Invest 90, a large Cape Verde system showing substantial promise for development. Currently, neither of the two systems pose an immediate threat to land. Long term forecasts indicate potential threat to Florida, while a third tropical wave is poised off of the So. Florida coast.
Tropical Storm Ana
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| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
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And we are blessed with the likes of Al Roker for a weather report in the morning. NBC has destroyed the station.
Folks, something we did not do last year for Gustav which made us without power for a week in the hottest damned weather we ever had while I was just out of the hospital.
We didn’t have but a hundred bucks. Because of the power outage, the stores only took cash and the gas statiobns only took cash. No credit.
After six days while I was forbidden to travel after hideous surgery, we got in the car and drove to our home in Maryland to escape the hideous conditions and the lack of money for anything.
So get cash!! Alot of it. ANd never rely on hubby to shop for a hurricane when he is beyond himself with worry over his wife in the hspital.
It was without doubt the worst week of my life.
Get your cash now!!!
You are so right about all that. And, if you do have a generator you will need about 100 gallons for 10 days.When Ike hit last year I had 65 gallons that lasted 61/2 days. Lucky we didn’t have to travel but about 10 miles to refill the jugs, we were without power fo a total of ten days. This year I will keep a hundred gallons on hand, just in case.
Mississippi/NOLA might be looking at a nice T.S. this Monday....just what the media would love. A distraction for Obama.
25.9N 83.2W
27 knots
1012 mb
GOMEX - INVEST/Depression.
Yeah good analysis,it’s all there,who knows. Plenty of hot water I can tell you that.
Wow, the season is underway folks, wish y’all the best since this is just the start of the peak of the season, the next 6 weeks will be watched for sure.
Pressures beginning to bomb around Naples...someone is getting busy in the gulf while others are looking at the Atlantic.
A large area of cloudiness and thunderstorms over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico is primarily associated with a tropical wave interacting with a mid- to upper-level trough. This activity has become a little more concentrated over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico where surface pressures are beginning to fall. There are no signs of a surface circulation at this time and any additional development...if any...should be slow to occur. This system should moves toward the northwest over the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. There is a low chance...less than 30 percent...of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.
Well whatever is in the GOMEX has a shelf life of maybe 60 hours so it had better get its act together.
Someone has been listening to all the complaints about no data buoys and how they never were maintained. They added a whole bunch of new buoys many in Fla. Bay. govt. actually working,really scary!
In just the past 24 hours places like Madeira Bay have gone from 91 degree water down into the low 80's. That makes a huge difference.
One buoy I checked had a "17" salinity content. Regular salt water is 35 parts per thousand. This indicates there is lot of fresh water run-off already starting to happen.
Up in post 131 that thing is starting to look pretty healthy.
Thanks NN,less than 30% is encouraging for the Northern Gulf coasts.
Good post with nice info there, rodguy911.
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