Hurricane Central 2009

[Anistorm]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP2+shtml/232054.shtml

Andres is now a hurricane. A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for the southwestern coast of Mexico.

[phw115wvwx]

NHC issued the last advisory on Andres as it's dissipating now.  The storm did kill one fisherman in Mexico earlier.

[toxictwister00]

Something stirs in the Caribbean

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/topstories/todayinweather.html?from=hp_news1#tropicaldisturbance0626

Could it be our very own Ana? hmmm........

[toxictwister00]

Photo courtesy of Accuweather. I should also mention that the NHC has labeled this critter as "Invest 93". The 18z run of the GFS computer model has a "possible tropical storm heading in the opposite direction that Accuweather & TWC are suggesting (NNE) towards the Florida Panhandle, this will be a very interesting critter to watch the next 48 hours.

EDIT: A special feature section on the NHC's website suggests that this could very well become Tropical Storm Ana in the next 2 days.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo/gtwo_atl_sub.shtml?area1#contents

[toxictwister00]

GFS 00z and 18z run storm tracks (in order) NOTE: These are the projected storm tracks if it manages to become a tropical storm.

[phw115wvwx]

That small tropical wave labeled as "Invest 93" has fizzled out, and NHC no longer expects any development for a while now.

[Mike M]

Well, we've been lucky so far this year. So far we have had no Atlantic named storms through the start of July, the latest since 2004.

[Zach]

I just hope that a named storm doesn't head for Florida anywhere between July 18th through July 30th. Those are my vacation getaway days.

[toxictwister00]

Well, we've been lucky so far this year. So far we have had no Atlantic named storms through the start of July, the latest since 2004.

I don't think we'll see any action until August like it was in 2004. I wonder if it will really take off after August like it did then. We went from an A storm to a J storm in just a month's time!

[yourweathertoday]

Something is bound to mow over Florida again this year, it's just gonna happen. The better question is....how big will it be?

[toxictwister00]

I think the whole East Coast is at risk for a major hurricane sometime, when, I don't know.

[yourweathertoday]

I think the whole East Coast is at risk for a major hurricane sometime, when, I don't know.

lol touche 
But with Florida, you're bound to get at least ONE mowing it down a year. 08-Fay, 07-Barry, 06-Alberto, 05-Katrina comes to mind, 04-nailed by several....so it's bound to happen. The big problem is that hurricanes are notoriously difficult to predict, like volcanoes. Even with the best technology, and we have the best by the way....even with the best technology you've still got two big blind spots, timing, and scale. You can't tell when, and you cant tell...how big.

[Stephen]

05-Katrina comes to mind

Dennis was the big one. We did feel Katrina, but Dennis directly affected our area.

[Zach]

I was in Tampa for Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne back in 2004 which luckily was only a category 1 or 2 when it got to my place.

[toxictwister00]

05-Katrina comes to mind

Dennis was the big one. We did feel Katrina, but Dennis directly affected our area.

It's still amazing to this day how Katrina went from a cat 1 hurricane to a cat 5 in the GOM in a short period of time before weakening. Florida really got spared by that monster.