Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Additional Thoughts


The previous blog left out any talk about the weekend Gulf mischief but the details are still worthy of discussion. The tropical wave that will increase rain chances along the Gulf Coast during the late weekend and into next week is passing over the Lesser Antilles. Convection has been enhanced this afternoon due to some westerly shear and an upper low. Conditions are not favorable for development, and the models aren't doing much with it. Even the Canadian model is no longer showing a tropical cyclone entity, which is to the contrary of last night's run.

In other news, despite the recent upswing in activity, 2009 is still one of the latest starting seasons since 1950. Remember, we officially do not have our first named storm yet. Here's some dates for the latest named storm...

07. 1950: 1st named storm 8/12
06. 1983: 1st named storm 8/15
05. 1992: 1st named storm 8/16
04. 1984: 1st named storm 8/18
03. 1962: 1st named storm 8/26
02. 1967: 1st named storm 8/28
01. 1977: 1st named storm 8/29

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    Jason Moreland is a meteorology undergraduate at the University of South Alabama. The blog has no set schedule. New blogs are typically posted time permitting and when the Atlantic tropics and Southeast US weather are active. The information posted here is unofficial and strictly personal opinion. Refer to National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center for official forecasts.