Posted on 07/29/2020 7:48:51 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Tropical Storm Isaias developed in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. All interests along the Florida Peninsula should be prepared for deteriorating weather conditions by Saturday.
For linguistics aficionados, the National Hurricane Center uses the four-syllable pronunciation ees-ah-EE-ahs. The name Isaias is Spanish for Isaiah. To hear a meteorologist pronounce Isaias: NWS Melbourne.
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Yea but living up here in NE Alabama now, not quite as interested as when I was on the coast.
Who gives these hurricanes their names anyway?
NE AL is beautiful country.
In Central Florida......Looks like we’re in the path
As someone said earlier, our Covid stash might come in handy ( hope not)
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) assigns Atlantic hurricane names. The WMO is an agency of the United Nations. The WMO is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
For the North Atlantic ocean, there are six lists of 21 male and female names that are used in rotation, and recycled every six years. (There are no names that start with the letters Q, U, X, Y or Z.)
If there are more than 21 storms in one season, then the Greek alphabet is used to name additional storms. This method had to be used in 2005, a year in which there were 27 recorded named tropical storms.
When a hurricane is exceptionally catastrophic (eg Andrew, Katrina),its name retired. During their annual meetings, the WMO makes the call to cut these names from future lists. If a name is removed, the WMO replaces it with a new name.
Before the use of short names, hurricanes had been categorized by latitude and longitude numbers. Although this was easy for meteorologists to track, it was widely seen as confusing for the general public.
The National Hurricane Center began formally naming storms in 1950. At first they were named from a phonetic alphabet (Able, Baker, Charlie, etc. During the Second World War, military meteorologists working in the Pacific began to use women's names for storms. That naming method made communication so easy that in 1953 it was adopted by the National Hurricane Center for use on storms originating in the Atlantic Ocean. Once this practice started, hurricane names quickly became part of common language, and public awareness of hurricanes increased dramatically. The first tropical storm to receive a female name was tropical storm Alice in 1953. In 1978, men’s names joined the storm list, alternating with the female names.
Separate naming systems are maintained for Eastern North Pacific storms, Central North Pacific Storms, Western North Pacific Storms, the Australian Region, Fiji Region, Papua New Guinea Region, Philippine Region, Northern Indian Ocean, and Southwest Indian Ocean. The National Hurricane Center maintains lists of the names used in these areas.
The eastern FL peninsula is in the cone of uncertainty. Stay alert, prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Sounds like much ado about nothing...........Just use names like Bob or Doug.....LOL!
Good thoughts. Thank you
The current active list of "I" named storms through 2025:
Isaias
Ida
Ian
Idalia
Isaac
Imelda
"I" storm names already retired:
Ione
Inez
Iris
Isidore
Isabel
Ivan
Ike
Igor
Irene
Ingrid
Irma
Joe Bastardi
@BigJoeBastardi
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1h
Isaias is fighting shear, but if it fights it off, then the intensification occurs ( I think it will) Meanwhle convection developing with the low level feature in the Atlantic I think can develop, but stay east of the US next week
Summary Of 1100 AM EDT...Information
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About 365 MI...SSE of Great Abaco Island
About 295 MI...SE of Nassau
Max Sustained Winds...75 MPH...
Movement:...NW at 16 MPH
Pressure...992 MB...
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to
205 miles.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
link?
Let’s get Icabod and Izzy on the list.
Looking like another of those storms that tease and rake the FL East coast before hitting the usual spot: the OBX.
Isis? Or 0bama’s favorite, ‘Isil?’ *SPIT*
I'm all in for those names!
Summary Of 500 PM EDT...Information
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About 195 MI...SSE of Nassau
About 330 MI...SE of Freeport Grand Bahama Island
Max Sustained Winds...75 MPH...
Movement:...NW at 15 MPH
Pressure...991 MB...
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (75 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to
175 miles.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->
We were suppose to have a Flag/Banner Wave for Trump tomorrow......
...guess that will be cancelled!
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