HURRICANE SEASON 2009 - The Official Thread

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What are your predictions for the 2009 hurricane season?

Poll ended at 06-14-2009 11:52 PM

A few storms will brush the U.S. East Coast; nothing serious.
3
50%
One storm will be a stand-out, and cause the loss of lives and millions of dollars of property in the U.S.
0
No votes
Several CAT 3-5 storms will come one after another resulting in major devastation along the East Coast.
2
33%
The Gulf of Mexico will again be the target for a majority of this season's hurricanes.
1
17%
 
Total votes: 6

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New tropical depression forms in the Atlantic

Post by SETIsLady » 08-11-2009 05:34 AM

MIAMI — A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic while Tropical Storm Felicia continues to move across the Pacific.

The new tropical depression is only the second of the Atlantic hurricane season and has maximum sustained winds near 30 mph. The depression is centered about 280 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands off Africa's western coast.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Felicia is centered about 315 miles east of Honolulu with maximum sustained winds near 40 mph. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for Oahu and Maui County in Hawaii.

Also, a tropical depression in the Pacific has maximum sustained winds near 35 mph. The depression is centered about 1,205 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... wD9A0KG9O2

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Post by cherry » 08-11-2009 07:31 AM

One thing good about hurricane season is that it might break the heat wave in Central Texas. We've suffered fifty days over 100 degrees, the third hottest summer on record. :(

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Post by SETIsLady » 08-15-2009 03:48 PM

I know what you mean cherry its been really hot here too !! sending you some cool thoughts !

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Ana, soon to be followed by Bill, form on paths toward South

Post by SETIsLady » 08-15-2009 03:49 PM

You know the tropics wouldn't stay quiet forever.

Ana, the first tropical storm of the 2009 hurricane season, formed early Saturday morning, while a strengthening depression just behind it was expected to be dubbed Tropical Storm Bill by day's end or Sunday.

South Florida sits in the middle of the National Hurricane Center's initial forecast tracks for Ana and soon-to-be-Bill, but with both systems more than 2,000 miles and five or more days away, they could go anywhere from Cuba to South Carolina.

``We want people to watch the tropics but we don't want them to push the panic button,'' said Dennis Feltgen, a spokesman for the National Hurricane Center in West Miami-Dade County.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breakin ... 85658.html

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Post by Shirleypal » 08-16-2009 09:23 AM

Storm Warning Issued for Parts of Florida

MIAMI (Aug. 16) - A tropical storm warning was issued Sunday for parts of Florida as a newly formed depression swirled about 90 miles off the coast.
The warning was issued for areas east of the Alabama state line to the Suwanee River. The warning means tropical storm conditions are likely within the next 24 hours.
http://news.aol.com/article/tropical-st ... ida/612767

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Post by SETIsLady » 08-16-2009 10:34 AM

The tropics are active, the East Coast needs to pay attention.

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Tropical Storm Claudette bears down on Florida

Post by SETIsLady » 08-16-2009 11:54 AM

A tropical depression churning toward the Florida Panhandle on Sunday picked up strength to become Tropical Storm Claudette, the National Hurricane Center said. The depression's surface winds reached 40 mph shortly after noon ET, raising it to tropical storm status, the center said.

At 11 a.m. ET, the center of the storm was about 75 miles south-southeast of Apalachicola, Florida, and about 200 miles from Pensacola, the center said. It was moving at about 14 mph, putting it on course to hit land by Sunday evening.

Tropical storm warnings were in effect from the Alabama-Florida border east to the Suwannee River. A tropical storm warning means that weather conditions will deteriorate in the next 24 hours.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/0 ... ean.storm/

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Big Tropical Storms in Atlantic Hit 1,000-Year High

Post by SETIsLady » 08-16-2009 11:58 AM

Study Suggests Hurricane Frequency Has Increased Dramatically; Climate Change a Potential Culprit

The people of U.S. Gulf Coast have felt unusually battered by big storms during the past few years. Now, it turns out their instincts are right.

A new report in the scientific journal Nature indicates that the last decade has seen, on average, more frequent hurricanes than any time in the last 1,000 years. The last period of similar activity occurred during the Medieval Warm Period.

The study is not definitive, but it is a unique piece of work that combines an analysis of sediment cores from inland lakes and tidal marshes with computer modeling and finds a "striking consistency" between the two, the authors suggest.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/JustOn ... 131&page=1

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Hurricane BILL

Post by SETIsLady » 08-17-2009 09:38 AM

First hurricane of the season in the Atlantic !

WTNT33 KNHC 171432
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009
1100 AM AST MON AUG 17 2009

...BILL STRENGTHENING AS IT CONTINUES MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...

AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.2 WEST OR ABOUT 1080 MILES
...1735 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.

BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND BILL COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BY
WEDNESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145
MILES...230 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 977 MB...28.85 INCHES.

...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.1N 45.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...977 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.

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Post by Swerdloc » 08-17-2009 10:14 AM

I've always wanted to be a hurricane. But not very much.
Anchors Aweigh

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Post by SETIsLady » 08-17-2009 10:18 AM

Swerdloc wrote: I've always wanted to be a hurricane. But not very much.
:D

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Post by SETIsLady » 08-17-2009 12:28 PM

Retired Hurricane names. These names have been retired due to the devastation that they caused.

Retired names

Agnes (1972)

Alicia (1983)

Allen (1980)

Allison (2001)

Andrew (1992)

Anita (1977)

Audrey (1957)

Betsy (1965)

Beulah (1967)

Bob (1991)

Camille (1969)

Carla (1961)

Carmen (1974)

Carol (1954)

Celia (1970)

Cesar (1996)

Charley (2004)

Cleo (1964)

Connie (1955)

David (1979)

Dean (2007)

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Post by Swerdloc » 08-17-2009 12:53 PM

And in the Pacific right now, we've got Tropical Storm Guillermo. Did somebody plan this out?
Anchors Aweigh

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Post by SETIsLady » 08-17-2009 01:16 PM

I didn't hear about that one Bill :confused:

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Post by SETIsLady » 08-18-2009 08:37 PM

WTNT33 KNHC 182103
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 14...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009
500 PM AST TUE AUG 18 2009

CORRECTED TO CHANGE WORD HUNGER TO HUNTER

...BILL APPROACHING MAJOR HURRICANE STATUS...

INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
BILL.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.

AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED
BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 16.6
NORTH...LONGITUDE 52.2 WEST OR ABOUT 635 MILES...1025 KM...EAST OF
THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. A
WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE
OF BILL WILL BE PASSING WELL TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. BILL IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AND
BILL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES...280 KM.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS
962 MB...28.41 INCHES.

...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.6N 52.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...962 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.

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