>While Irene’s Clean Up Continues, We Keep A Close Eye On Newly Formed Tropical Storm Katia and Caribbean Disturbance

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While Irene’s Clean Up Continues, We Keep A Close Eye On Newly Formed Tropical Storm Katia and Caribbean Disturbance

Well it didn’t take long but we have a new kid on the block, Tropical Storm Katia was born earlier today and she is looking healthy and fairly well organised out over the far eastern Atlantic.

Katia is of course the replacement for infamous Katrina, which ironically struck the Gulf Coast six years ago yesterday, her formation was only hours after the anniversary of that brutal strike on Louisiana and Mississippi.

Over the next 4 or 5 days, Katia will continue on a WNW track, crossing low to mid-80 degree waters and with relatively light shear we should see Katia become our next Hurricane and may well by late week or into the weekend become the season’s next Major Hurricane.

Thankfully Katia is a long way off, many miles away and this gives us time to catch our breathe a little from Irene’s impacts. Although some models take Katia into the western basin and then turn ip northwest, then north, then northeast at the longatude of Bermuda, some are already pushing it a little too far west for comfort, so it’s needs to be watched closely, like I’ve said, it’s a long way off and I shall certainly be keeping you posted on Katia’s prgress day in and day out throughout her life.

As you can see from the above European for NEXT THURSDAY, this current model which of course will change run by run, currently has the system fairly close to the East Coast, the worry could be that as time wears on this week and into particularly early next week, does the model trend go west or east from the current run? I wouldn’t like to think from this run, it starts trending west. Keep checking back. Starting tomorrow in my #Weather Talk segment I shall start a post ‘Katia Watch’ and I shall upload the graphic of the new model run for next Thursday each day and we can see whether the European keeps in west, east or in a similar longitude at point of it’s northward turn.

Will Katia Be  Threat for the East Coast?
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Those who have said that this storm wasn’t that bad, take yourselves up to New England! You should be ashamed of yourselves! Count yourselves lucky if your not in the mountainous NE. My thoughts and prayers go out to those suffering at this time from either loss of loved ones or their properties and livelihoods.

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