Posted on 05/18/2009 2:19:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Two weeks before the official start of Hurricane Season, an area of disturbed weather has developed in the Caribbean. Potential for heavy rain in Florida exists over the next several days.
Statement as of 3:40 PM EDT on May 18, 2009
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico...
Satellite imagery and surface observations indicate that an area of disturbed weather has formed over eastern Cuba...the southeastern Bahamas...and the adjacent waters. Slow development of this system is possible during the next day or two as it moves generally northward at 10 to 15 mph. An Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft will investigate the system on Tuesday...if necessary. There is a low chance...less than 30 percent...of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.
$$ Forecaster Beven
Houston isn't impressed...
Had some interesting weather here today—tornado warning around Boynton Beach (altho I think the tornados here are babies compared to TX tornados!)
Invest 90 is GONE! (sigh of relief) Good to see you back for another season.
FL is getting plenty of rain from the remnants. Provided a good opportunity to tune up for prime time.
Apparently, the Hurricane Hunters are tentatively planning a visit into Invest 90.
All of FL is under a tornado watch this afternoon, with a tornado warning in Pinellas Co.
Well at least it’s in the gulf and not a threat to Central Florida where I am.
Many thanks for the ping! I really appreciate all the work you do during the season. Hopefully, it will be a boring one.
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