Gee.
Thanks for the heads up!
Pick One.. (or more) :-)
What ‘caused’ it?
Global Warming
George Bush
Al Gore’s piehole erupted .. again
Atmospheric Stuff happens
A late season storm could sure mess with the Christmas displays
Not possible. We have already had the hurricane party.
Forecaster Avila has been on the job for a long time. I’ve been seeing that name for years on these Atlantic forecasts.
I track these things from my nice landlocked home so I’m very curious as to what will happen. It’s rare for them to develop past November but it does happen—most notably back in ‘05 when Epsilon and Zeta defied odds and taunted forecasters.
That's arbitrary, The '05 season had storms right on into January. This little ditty doesn't seem to have a lot of punch, buy if it takes a slow track up through Georgia, that would be cool. By now, a flash flood is not a danger; it's our salvation.
Thought this was newsworthy since the 2007 Hurricane season officially "ended" Nov. 30.Someone forgot to tell the weather patterns.
It would seem to me to be a lot better if they would make the hurricans go the other direction. Why do they always point them to the west?
Looky...
Could make one heck of a snow storm if it enters the gulf and the moisture gets sucked up into the midwest.
OMG!!!! We are ALL GONNA DIE!!! AAAAGGHHHHHHH!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hopefully God will steer this one where it's needed.
A Cold Front can kill this TD because of WIND SHEAR.
There is a big difference between a TD (Tropical Disturbance) and a tropical storm.
This system has not organized and is not anywhere close to becoming a hurricane.
One problem for us is that it has only been in the last 40 years that things have been monitored this closely for weather problems -- satellites, computers, etc.
So it is unclear if this is unusual or not.
There is no list of TDs because they are such minimal weather systems...
It might be breaking news if it does organize into a well organized tropical storm (not even a hurricane).
But a North Easter is like a powerful tropical storm in Winter time -- with winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour...
The only difference with a North Easter is that it is a snow generator normally rather than a rain generator...
amazing...
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WONT41 KNHC 101549
DSAAT
SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1100 AM EST MON DEC 10 2007
SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT A CLOSED SURFACE
CIRCULATION HAS DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROAD AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE NOW CENTERED ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF PUERTO RICO. SHOWER
ACTIVITY WITH THE LOW REMAINS DISORGANIZED...HOWEVER...WITH THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. WHILE A TROPICAL OR SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE
COULD STILL FORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BECOME GRADUALLY LESS FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE LOW DEVELOPS
FURTHER...IT COULD PRODUCE HEAVY SQUALLS AND GUSTY WINDS OF NEAR
GALE FORCE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT AS IT MOVES WESTWARD OR WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD AT ABOUT 20
MPH. HEAVY RAINS OVER PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES...AND INTERESTS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
FURTHER SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS
NECESSARY. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...CONSULT
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN