BREAKING NEWS: Hurricane Season Underway...

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

It's not even June 1st

Forecasters: Subtropical Storm Andrea has formed off southeast coast

 

[Bustem' Down]

 

[mv_princess]

Damn that Mother nature for not waiting for her date.

 

[Nickel]

 

[nachomama]

Wow. My 15 year old may have a future in meteorology. She told me yesterday morning that system looked like a tropical storm or hurricane.

We need a live weather report from Socki.

 

[Tinkerbell]

When I did meteorology in the Navy, we official hurricane season was April 30th to November 1st. :shrug:

 

[canuk woman]

It's not even June 1st

Forecasters: Subtropical Storm Andrea has formed off southeast coast

Is a subtropical storm a tropical storm that forms outside of the hurricane season?? I'm just asking this is like the first time I have ever heard of such a thing.

 

[Bustem' Down]

Is a subtropical storm a tropical storm that forms outside of the hurricane season?? I'm just asking this is like the first time I have ever heard of such a thing.

It forms in the subtropic region would be my guess.

 

[Nickel]

Is a subtropical storm a tropical storm that forms outside of the hurricane season?? I'm just asking this is like the first time I have ever heard of such a thing.

No, it's a class of storm. Not quite tropical, but not just a storm either.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Is a subtropical storm a tropical storm that forms outside of the hurricane season?? I'm just asking this is like the first time I have ever heard of such a thing.

A subtropical storm is weaker than a tropical storm. It's not quite a tropical storm - but it probably will be. Subtropical storms have all the characteristics of a tropical storm and can still form into a Category 1 hurricane.

 

[canuk woman]

It forms in the subtropic region would be my guess.

In what areas specifically?

 

[Nickel]

In what areas specifically?

Canada. Go get your galoshes.

 

[canuk woman]

No, it's a class of storm. Not quite tropical, but not just a storm either.

Oh well I'm on google earth right now and I see some kind of blue thing around
the Bahamas is that where the storm is located right now?

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Damn enhanced radar is taking forever to load.

 

[nachomama]

A subtropical storm is weaker than a tropical storm. It's not quite a tropical storm - but it probably will be. Subtropical storms have all the characteristics of a tropical storm and can still form into a Category 1 hurricane.

Well you best be getting that biatch moving east. Racing at Darlington is Saturday night & I got a chili cookoff to go to Saturday.

 

[canuk woman]

Canada. Go get your galoshes.

Gee I'm really laughing I think it might be around the Bahamas if that blue thing around there on google earth is what I think it is.

 

[Nickel]

Oh well I'm on google earth right now and I see some kind of blue thing around
the Bahamas is that where the storm is located right now?

I thought it was off the coast of South Carolina, but I could be wrong.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

It's moving to the south - NOAA predicts it will become a hurricane by Saturday.

One word: Wow.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/145632.shtml?5day

 

[nachomama]

I thought it was off the coast of South Carolina, but I could be wrong.

You're pretty much right. http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news

 

[desertrat]

I thought it was off the coast of South Carolina, but I could be wrong.

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Subtropical Storm Andrea formed Wednesday off the Southeastern U.S. coast, more than three weeks before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said.

The year's first named storm had top sustained winds near 45 mph (72 kph) and was centered about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southeast of Savannah, Georgia, at 11 a.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center said.