Archive for August 15th, 2009

>Bill is now official on the field…

> http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/natl/wv-l.jpg OK, There is a lot to cover in the Tropical Atlantic basin, things are becoming busier and more interesting. Several things have struck me. 1) After TD 2 was looking extremely poor and almost deemed dead in the heart of the Atlantic and embedded, surrounded and tortured by African dust that was spread […]

> Image courtesy of NHC http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml For latest check out National Hurricane Center Discussions…. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/151434.shtml? TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE DISCUSSION NUMBER 1NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL0320091100 AM AST SAT AUG 15 2009SATELLITE IMAGERY AND QUIKSCAT DATA INDICATE THAT THE BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC HAS FORMED A WELL-DEFINEDCIRCULATION AND SUFFICIENTLY […]

> Minneapolis finally managed to top 90 yesterday with a nice warm, August-style air mass in place from the Rockies to Atlantic. Yesterday we had heavy rain, non-stop ALL DAY, today, winds have picked up throughout the course of the day and winds are howling out of the west, southwest right now, you can just […]

>I shall present a post later, discussing in detail to situation with not only newly born tropical storm Ana but other features that pose just as much threat as the now named system. Check out the latest public update and discussion http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/151432.shtml http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT2+shtml/151455.shtml? BTW right back in July I stated that no system would be […]