Tropical Storm Erika

NOAA/NHC ^ | 1 September 2009 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Tropical Storm Erika developed in the North Atlantic September 1, 2009. Erika is expected to pass to the NE of the Leeward Islands Thursday, currently moving WNW at 8 miles per hour. Erika is not anticipated to strengthen into a hurricane over the next several days.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for St. Maarten, Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, St.Martin and St. Barthelemy.

In other tropical storm news, Hurricane Jimena is approaching Southern Baja, and weather conditions there are deteriorating rapidly. Jimena maximum sustained wind speeds are 115mph.

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[38special]

winner winner chicken dinner

[Rebelbase]

Rut roh. Buddy of mine is going to be on Portsmouth south of Ocracoke next week on a fishing trip. I had to back out due to work. Looks like he might be coming home early.

[OB1kNOb]

They seem to be taking the more northerly route this year. Wonder why that is?

It has something to do with winds. I saw it on the Weather Channel. I want to say the winds have something to do with El Nino?? Anyway, they are making it hard for storms to form and head toward the Gulf

A weather expert I was listening to yesterday said the El Nino produces fast high wind patterns which help to knock off the tops of storms brewing in the Atlantic or the Gulf.

[lonestar]

Is there any program for controlled burns in California?

Is there any program for firebreaks and fire access roads?

Aren't the environmentalists...who rule Cal-eee-fornia... opposed to both?

[Ingtar]

Hurricane paths used to be on a cycle. Seven (I believe) years to the Gulf and then the same number of years up the coast. There were exceptions. However, during the cycles most of the storms follow the current trend.

[Clive]

I had rather suspected that to be the case.

[cll]

Weather data for the PR/USVI area, all in one page:

http://marquitosweather.com/cgi-bin/noaaport_satblast.pl?location_id=130

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Hi, NN - back from Nantucket in time to see another storm coming up the coast maybe?

TS Dan did not do much on Nantucket - just rained all day Saturday and parts of Sunday. A tiny bit of wind. The rainy days made nice “chill out” times.

Hope Erika stays disorganized and just fizzles out to nothing.

Thanks again for the pings!

[NautiNurse]

Glad to know all went well in Nantucket. Erika fizzled.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Good!