Not sure if this will be TD#5 or straight to Ernesto. Will notify moderators when it is known for sure.
Posted on 08/24/2006 12:26:27 PM PDT by nwctwx
SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 315 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2006
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT THE TROPICAL WAVE MOVING WESTWARD THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS HAS DEVELOPED A CLOSED WIND CIRCULATION...AND ADVISORIES ON EITHER A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM WILL BE INITIATED AT 5 PM AST. MAXIMUM WINDS AT THIS TIME APPEAR TO BE JUST BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT STRONGER WINDS MAY BE OBSERVED PRIOR TO ADVISORY TIME.
$$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN
Tropical Depression #5...
this isn't a follow up to that song Mambo number 5 is it?
lol.
On a serious note, this one looks like it may threaten the U.S. at some point... western or central GOM looks like the region of concern right now.
Oh yea.
Yeah, that's after he woke up the next morning after sleeping with Debbie number five. :)
OMG!
RAISE THE GAS PRICES!
bttt
Thanks for the post.
Sucks.
Well, it's pretty early to say for sure, and there is some land between there and the U.S., but the overall pattern seems to indicate that it will try to head for the western gulf, but we usually see a bit of a north drift with time on those calls, so the central gulf should be watching as well.
Hopefully it'll turn north.
Appears the Gulf States are due for another cleansing. Must be sure dirty down there.
On/Off Hurricane Ping list, mash ---> 
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315 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2006
pardon my noticing the date stamp but is there a more recent release?
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WONT41 KNHC 241920
DSAAT
SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
315 PM EDT THU AUG 24 2006
CORRECTED FOR DATE IN HEADER
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT THE
TROPICAL WAVE MOVING WESTWARD THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS HAS
DEVELOPED A CLOSED WIND CIRCULATION...AND ADVISORIES ON EITHER A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM WILL BE INITIATED AT 5 PM
AST. MAXIMUM WINDS AT THIS TIME APPEAR TO BE JUST BELOW TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH...BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT STRONGER WINDS MAY BE
OBSERVED PRIOR TO ADVISORY TIME.
$$
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
Is that bird wearing a hat?
We've still got Ivan/Dennis/Katrina debris that needs removal as well as a few trees still standing.
And dang, we haven't seen out of state roofing contractors here in months!
Not again...please lord..
sw
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