[varina davis]

The season is getting a very early start.

[Ingtar]

And so it begins...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

But it’s not really a tropical system...it’s a subtropical system that’s interacting with the gulf stream....if it had time, it might get tropical, but it probably won’t.

Non-tropical systems can wreak havoc, produce gale and hurricane type winds (ask New Englanders about this)...but they aren’t driven exactly the same way as tropical storms.

Even though they aren’t tropical, they can really, really put the hurt on the coastal areas, especially with beach erosion.

There’s a wiki about these types of storms:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical_cyclone

[E Rocc]

It seems that the best storm name ever has been retired.

Hmmmmm....I wonder why?

-Eric

[Red Badger]

ping!

[poobear]

Except for the beach erosion expected, we need the rain! Come on over TD #1.

[FortWorthPatriot]

It’s global warming I tell ya!!! We’re doooooommmmmmmeeed!!!!!

[leadpenny]

What destroyed your community, Mayor?

A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...

[dawn53]

Paging NN, LOL!

[tiredoflaundry]

That bugger is causing all the smoke from the brush fires,to cover the Tampa Bay Area!

The smoke & smell is bad enough, I turned off the air conditioning.

[technomage]

Oh I can hear the MMGW fanatics now. Even though this is NOT a tropical system, their going to call it the first tropical depression, “One of the earliest tropical systems in history”, etc., etc.

[listenhillary]

[PAR35]

There are a lot of folks in South Georgia and North Florida who would be happy to take the damage from a tropical storm in order to get some rain.

[ProfoundMan]

Here's a charming and informative place to view the effect of this storm on the NC coast.

Oriental Town Dock

[avacado]

We are in a transition from El Nino to La Nina. This means that the upper winds caused by El Nino that blow across the Caribbean and Gulf from the Pacific which shear the tops of tropical storms will be diminishing. This will allow greater formation of tropical storms.

Nothing to do with Al Gore's global warming.

transition from ENSO-neutral to La Niña conditions is possible within the next 3 months

[BritExPatInFla]

We’ve had some incredible surf in Indialantic, FL. With the wind out of the west today, it may actually give some good sufring conditions. Anyway, the Hurricane shutters were installed on the new condo last week.....bring it on. :D

[roaddog727]

I guess I won’t be diving tomorrow night out of Miami.....

[gimme1ibertee]

Oh,ok..I got confused for a moment..
Though you were gonna say that Hillary had the chili for lunch again.

[metmom]

From the National Hurricane Center:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIADSAAT+shtml/081346.shtml?

000
WONT41 KNHC 081346
DSAAT
SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
950 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007

A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CENTERED ABOUT 230 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS...HAS BEEN
MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING
GALE-FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SURF ALONG THE COASTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND GEORGIA...WITH STRONGER WINDS
OFFSHORE. ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED SINCE
YESTERDAY...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING OF THIS SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED. THE LOW IS BEING MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF TROPICAL OR
SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT...AND AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM
TOMORROW MORNING...IF NECESSARY.

INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES SHOULD
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN ALSO BE FOUND
IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.

$$
FORECASTER KNABB