The tropics are ALIVE!!!

Claudette arrived on the scene, while we were away at church... go figure. So we have Tropical Depression Ana, which Rick had his money on... cough cough. We have Tropical Storm Bill...

...BILL LIKELY TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR ON MONDAY...

Incidentally, the forecast for the soon to be Hurricane Bill is pretty exciting. If he stays a fish, it shouldn't matter, but if he doesn't take the hook to the northwest, we could be dealing with a major hurricane on the east coast somewhere...

ALL RELIABLE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A MAJOR HURRICANE...WITH THE GFDL/HWRF/GFDN MODELS FORECASTING BILL TO REACH CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH BY DAY 5.

... and is on course for fishdom, unless he makes contact with the coast further up the way. Of course, that was Ana's original track when she was a TD out that way. Then, we have Tropical Storm Claudette... on course for... me?! What? Well, she's not really headed my way, but what on earth... TS out of nowhere. Anyone remember Humberto???

Well, wow. I guess I should stay close to the computer. My tracking chart is going haywire!

Oh, and check out Claudette...We actually have her outer bands here. Wild.

Have an eccentric day!
~Dewdrop

Two for the price of one, TWO tropical storms finally named in the Atlantic

So, there I was severely inconveniencing Annie's neighbors, when I get a text from Rick... TS Bill... What? I wasn't even aware of Ana, so I was terribly out of the loop. Look at them, Tropical Storm Bill is hot on the heels of Tropical Storm Ana, named within the same day. TS Ana is actually the regenerated Tropical Depression 2, and Tropical Storm is that impressive Cape Verde storm. Tropical Storm looks really impressive. I think he actually might become a hurricane, and both seem to have their sites set on land... Ana is on couse for the Keys.









Anything could happen with Bill, but he is currently forecast to actually become Hurricane Bill and turn some to the north instead of following Ana. He might turn, he might not, too soon to tell.

Stay tuned.
~Dewdrop