ladies & Gents...meet Alpha (and his sister Beta)

[SoCalDem]

Alpha circled.. beta just to the right, still working its way into the mix

[babylonsister]

1. You are just full of good news, SCD!

I'm hoping the water cools down quick; cold fronts are on the way, but don't know how far south they'll go. :scared:

[Dr.Phool]

11. Cold fronts tend to peter out this far south

I live in the Tampa Bay area, and cold fronts seem to die out before they reach us.

[babylonsister]

19. You take care, Dr. There's a wide swatch that could be

affected. My dad lives in Ft. Meyers, so I'm watching closely.
Living in TX, I relish some cooler weather and water finally; hurricanes be gone!

[Ripley]

2. History is Made.

Me and most of my extended family lives in the Southeast, many on coastal lines. Please Mother Nature just hit that fucker in Washington and leave the rest of us alone!

[bear425]

3. Yeah, hey thanks.

Omega's right around the corner, too. The fundies are havin' a field day right about now. :cry:

[SoCalDem]

5. another view from wavetrack

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/wavetrak/sal.html

many other views at this site

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Screw this... I'll go back to the snow if this keeps up. nt.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. Exactly why I live in Maine. :D :D n/t

[SoCalDem]

28. But you get lots of cold weather

so people who live in the tropical south, might not want to make that trade :)

[PearliePoo2]

6. Oh No!

Just checking in and home from work.
Is this what they're forecasting?
Have they named them already?
We're witnessing history here folks and of course there is NO global warming, it's just the tree-huggers ranting!

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Is that just potential, or are they truly named storms already? nt

[SoCalDem]

8. guy on the weather station said they were "forming"

and that would be their names :(

[Dudley_DUright]

9. Potential so far, but here is are some predictions for the track of

soon to be Alpha.

[SoCalDem]

10. The little blue line is hsyterical..I sure hope alpha's a dud

:)

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. SSSHHHHIIIIITTTTTT

but the planet is NOT heating up, it is not at all, it is all our collective imagination

:sarcasm:

[SoCalDem]

14. If republicans would quit spewing out all that HOT air,

maybe the warming would slow down :)

Message to republicans.:

Keep your claptraps shut..A polar bear will thank you:)

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. RLOL

[Catherine Vincent]

25. That's funny! :)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

13. I'm sitting in Key Largo with Jim Cantori in my backyard

and you just want to rub salt in the wound. Booooo!

[SoCalDem]

16. noooooo.. not rubbing it in...

Are you the one he interviewed on TV??

Cantore says it will be weakened when it finally gets there..Fingers crossed for all of you

[tinfoilinfor2005]

21. Thanks, SoCal,

I'm just teasing you! No, he didn't interview me, but some of my friends partied with him last night at a local's pub called Sharky's. He is right though, not a breath of air tonight in the Keys and humid as can be.

[SoCalDem]

26. Maybe he will be moving on.. It looks like the "cone" has been revised

Maybe he'll go north:)

[babylonsister]

17. Well....

Key Largo... I know bad weather has a big effect, but the rest of the year it must be really nice there. I live in Houston-can we switch?:)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

22. No way, sister, but you can visit me any time you like!

[babylonsister]

24. Ah, thank you! I might just take you

up on that! :hug:

[HeeBGBz]

20. Tell him hi

I didn't get to visit when he and Katrina were in town. Wanted to though. Too busy getting ready.

[catzies]

32. FOR REAL?!?! Cantore's in Key Largo! I'm turning on the TV!

I have such a crush on Cantore. :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

33. Here's hoping they sent him to the wrong place this time

He even took his hat off last nigh.. said it was just too hot & humid

[karlrschneider]

15. That is a tad misleading...it has no name yet, it's a tropical wave

it has to become a depression, then a storm )when it's named) then a hurricane. All of which MAY happen but I think you're jumping the gun a bit here...
:eyes:

don't we bitch at the BFEE for constant 'terra' warnings?

[SoCalDem]

18. I didn't call it.. a guy on the weather station

said it would be the NEXT storm named, and showed it.It probably will head north anyway

[TroubleMan]

29. Alpha's been named

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5135216

You're probably right about Beta, too.

[SoCalDem]

30. latest image.. and the weather guy named it last night..not me

I posted this last night:)

[TroubleMan]

31. Actually they're making the announcement at 5PM, but

what they're going to say has been published already:

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER NORTH ATLANTIC OBJECTIVE AIDS FOR

TROPICAL STORM ALPHA (AL252005) ON 20051022 1800 UTC

...00 HRS... ...12 HRS... ...24 HRS... ...36 HRS...
051022 1800 051023 0600 051023 1800 051024 0600

LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMD 16.5N 68.5W 17.7N 70.8W 19.3N 72.9W 22.0N 74.5W
BAMM 16.5N 68.5W 18.0N 70.7W 19.7N 72.3W 22.4N 73.5W
A98E 16.5N 68.5W 18.1N 70.5W 19.4N 72.4W 21.3N 73.6W
LBAR 16.5N 68.5W 17.9N 70.3W 19.7N 71.9W 22.3N 73.2W
SHIP 35KTS 41KTS 47KTS 51KTS
DSHP 35KTS 41KTS 33KTS 40KTS

...48 HRS... ...72 HRS... ...96 HRS... ..120 HRS...
051024 1800 051025 1800 051026 1800 051027 1800

LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON LAT LON
BAMD 26.6N 74.4W 38.9N 64.8W 37.7N 40.3W 28.1N 37.8W
BAMM 26.9N 72.9W 39.1N 63.4W 39.8N 40.8W 30.2N 33.3W
A98E 26.0N 72.2W 34.2N 63.9W 38.6N 46.5W 30.4N 31.4W
LBAR 26.5N 72.8W 42.1N 57.3W .0N .0W .0N .0W
SHIP 54KTS 57KTS 57KTS 39KTS
DSHP 43KTS 46KTS 46KTS 29KTS

...INITIAL CONDITIONS...
LATCUR = 16.5N LONCUR = 68.5W DIRCUR = 305DEG SPDCUR = 13KT
LATM12 = 15.4N LONM12 = 66.4W DIRM12 = 287DEG SPDM12 = 13KT
LATM24 = 14.7N LONM24 = 63.6W
WNDCUR = 35KT RMAXWD = 30NM WNDM12 = 30KT
CENPRS = 1005MB OUTPRS = 1008MB OUTRAD = 175NM SDEPTH = D
RD34NE = 40NM RD34SE = 0NM RD34SW = 0NM RD34NW = 40NM

[rumpel]

34. Here is a forecast thru 10/28 in loop format. If interested.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/CGI/PUBLIC/wxmap_loop.cgi?area=ngp_troplant&prod=u20&dtg=2005102212

[SoCalDem]

35. This one's a bit scary looking