State of the Tropics 9/19/08: Invest 93L September 19, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Not to be content after sending seven tropical storms or hurricanes in a row into the United State coastline (count ‘em: T.S. Cristobal battered the coasts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina in mid-July; Hurricane Dolly hit southern Texas just a few days later; T.S. Edouard made landfall near the Texas/Louisiana border in early August; T.S. Fay I blogged about quite a bit as it made it’s way through the Caribbean and hit Florida several times in mid-August; Hurricane Gustav I again blogged about as it slammed Cuba and hit Louisiana in late August and early September; Hurricane Hanna you might remember as the storm that simply could not decide where to go in late August and early September; and finally Hurricane Ike which we all know had a little fun with Galveston, Texas a week ago today) the tropics are again bubbling and threatening toil and trouble. Or something.
Anyway, Invest 93L has formed in the southeastern Caribbean and the NHC has this to say about it at 8pm EDT:
A WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE…ACCOMPANIED BY A BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA…IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES…AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN AND ATLANTIC WATERS. THIS SYSTEM HAS CHANGED LITTLE IN ORGANIZATION DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. WHILE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE CURRENTLY UNFAVORABLE…THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
So I guess the bottom line is, it’s not a big worry at the moment, but it could become a bigger worry in the next couple of days, and it certainly bares watching over the next few days as it’s predicted by the computer forecasting models to be near Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba in a few days. Its general direction of movement also suggests that if it forms into something that something could be entering the Gulf of Mexico in a little over a week.
So. I guess we weren’t going to get off that easy with the tropical weather just ending, huh? Hurricane season runs for nearly another 2.5 months, after all.
Stay safe, dear readers.
Cheerio!
-j
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