Latest from NOAA..heads up!

[SoCalDem]

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/atlantic/movies/g8irnhc/g8irnhcjava.html

[txindy]

1. Repeat after me: Global warming, which does not exist, isn't an issue.

:eyes:

[SoCalDem]

5. The one near Cuba will probably head north, but

that mess of yellow & red tpo the south and east is scary./. There are lots of possibilities in that mess, and the southern ones are the ones that sneak into the gulf or slam Florida

[babylonsister]

2. If I never hear the word 'hurricane' again, it will be too soon. nt

[iconoclastic cat]

3. Sorry, but what the hell am I supposed to notice?

[hippiechick]

4. For those of us un-meteorologically inclined ...

... what specifically on the image are you referring to ?

:shrug:

[Lochloosa]

13. There are two systems other than Ophelia shown

The one just above and to the right of Haiti, Puerto Rico is the best defined but will most likely get caught up in the system that is pulling Ophelia to the NE. I hope....

Now that big blob in the lower right of the pic is a different story. Favorable winds and hot ocean temps will allow it to this one to develop. And it is low enough not to get caught up in the same system as above. This is one to watch.

There is also a system coming off the African coast that is not shown. It will most likely develop into a hurricane.

A Floridian that pays attention.

[SoCalDem]

14. Philippe will be the next

Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

[msongs]

6. duh, that picture is pretty normal and common....

clouds along the inter tropical convergence zone are like that every day of every year.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/clark2008.htm

[Tyler Durden]

7. I count 3 potential storms...

Not counting that mess on the equator. Maybe it will go south.

Fall is falling like a BRICK through a skylight.

[Weembo]

8. The latest

Tropical Weather Outlook...Corrected


Statement as of 5:30 am EDT on September 16, 2005


For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico...
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical
Storm Ophelia...located about 40 miles east of Cape Hatteras
North Carolina.
There has been little change with the tropical wave located about
600 miles east-southeast of the southern Windward Islands.
However...this system still has the potential to become a tropical
depression over the next day or so as it moves westward or
west-northwestward at around 15 mph.
Showers and thunderstorms continue a couple hundred miles north-
northeast of Puerto Rico. Upper-level winds are not currently
favorable for development...but could slowly become more favorable
over the next couple of days as the system moves slowly westward.
Elsewhere...tropical storm formation is not expected through
Saturday.
Forecaster Franklin

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Bush/Repubs have to endure 2 months + full season until Nov 2006

Bush and the corporate-looter Republicans will have to endure a full 2006 hurricane season and two months of this one until the Nov. 2006 elections.

Do you think they will be able to tune in without pre-digested DVDs?

[babylonsister]

11. We all have to endure that, not just 'them'. Living near

the gulf coast, this doesn't fill me with tons of confidence.

[WePurrsevere]

10. Dr. Jeff's Blog At W'Underground may help clarify...

It's one of the best sources on the web for weather info as far as I'm concerned. Read this mornings called . Comments are often helpful as well.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. Oh dear. That doesn't look very good.

:(

[triguy46]

15. This explains....

Why vacations and sailboat charters in the bahamas are so inexpensive in the fall. Nature happens with some regularity in those parts.

[libertypirate]

16. There is another side to the country you know!

[SoCalDem]

17. Yep.. two are headed towards Hawaii, but thankfully

the deep cooler pacific waters usually save them.. Except for iniki(I think that was the name)..

fingers crossed for our hawaiian friends :) hunker down, opihimoimoi