The Hurricane Hunters will fly to the eastern Caribbean this afternoon to investigate a tropical wave approaching the Windward Islands (visible loop). Depending on what they find, this cluster of thunderstorms could become Tropical Depression #5 or Tropical Storm Ernesto later today or tonight. The model consensus takes this storm into the Caribbean and hints that it could head into the Gulf of Mexico next week. While Tropical Storm Debby spirals over the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to little fanfare, we’ll watch this tropical wave closely and keep you posted.
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‘Tis the season…
Luke, I feel a disturbance in the Carribean….
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.
Dang it as soon as I do that they correct their message with the DATE….sheesh!!!!
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.
And NO, I didn’t concern myself checking the date from the advisory I got a few hours ago…
Joke killers… :-/