Tropical Storms Ana & Bill

NOAA/NHC ^ | 15 August 2009 | NOAA/NHC

[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

[wombtotomb]

Congrats on your son, prayer works! Give him my best!

[tutstar]

Wow! Ty for the chocolate reminder!! LOL

[Elle Bee]

These are islands of broken toys

Everyone who moves down island is coming from someplace, never to somwhere

[dirtboy]

Invest 90 is now TD 3 as of the 11am advisory.

[NautiNurse]

Just in time to knock Town Halls and Healthscare off the front page.

Just finished a Quinnipiac telephone poll. Their questions are ridiculously loaded to the left. Even the caller came close to agreeing with me barking at some of the questions. For example, "Do you agree or disagree with the protests at some of the recent town hall meetings?" I asked if that meant do I agree or disagree with the 1st amendment. She said she didn't write the questions...

[NautiNurse]

The mods are great about moving these threads to breaking news when a storm is imminently threatening the U.S. mainland coast. Otherwise, I ping the list when there are significant updates. These systems are still a long distance from any land mass.

[wombtotomb]

Ok, thanks! I would appreciate if you could put me on your ping list.

[NautiNurse]

Wunderground jumped the gun on that info earlier. Looks like the next thread will be a twofer. That may be tomorrow if both systems are still healthy.

[NautiNurse]

My son just bought his plane ticket to come visit next Thursday.

Of course, that would be a super-saver non-refundable fare. ;o)

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thanks for the ping. Oh well, the lull in Hurricanes was nice while it lasted....

[SouthTexas]

Please push this way, we need the rain.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

That’s very good news - tell him - way to go!!!

[RayChuang88]

The scary part is that Ana--and the tropical depression that could become Bill--are on almost EXACTLY the same storm track. The possibility of central Florida being hit by Ana as a hurricane followed by Bill as a hurricane just a few days later is definitely not far-fetched.

[Ingtar]

I had to move to the submerged bowl called New Orleans in order to find a job. I will have to watch ever more closely now. Not that I can actually leave if one comes - I am on one of the teams at the hospital.

[GOPJ]

It does look that way... nice to know your there to keep us posted on storms.

[pamlet]

Thanks for the heads up!! :-) You always stay so on top of things!

[BushCountry]

Haa, haa, they brought him out to be the Secretary of State, if you don’t believe me, ask Hillary. ;^)

[rodguy911]

Thanks so much NN right now this one is pointed directly at us which means it will probably go to either side of us but we should get some of it.

[GOPJ]

You will be in my prayers when one comes your way...

[Ditter]

Thanks for the new tropical storm website.