Hurricane Season is Upon Us

[Youngblood]

Well Folks, is it Hurricane Season 2009!

And we are off to a very slow start. It was early July last year when we began a busy year, and saw numerous big hurricanes, and once again many hurricanes making landfall in our current cycle of better then average seasons. There was lot of devastation in property. There was much loss of life.

This year was/is predicted to be a slow season. The main reason for this is the forming of El Nino this year in the Pacific Ocean, which has the ability to change the trade winds enough to make the environment inconducive for what the storms need. That being low wind shear, and warm waters. And so far, it has done just that. All across the Atlantic basin, high level winds have been tearing the tops off of low pressure thunderstorms, and cooler then normal SST(sea surface temperatures), have not allowed for their growth to date.

But we are in the peak of it now thru until the end of October, and it`s beginning to finally heat up.

So say hello to your first Atlantic born Tropical Storm, Ana.

National Hurricane Center (you can click on it, to follow it`s growth and trajectory, warnings, etc)

People in Puerto Rico, Haiti, The Dominican, Bahamas and Florida should start paying attention.

And behind that is another low pressure system with the potential to rapidly turn tropical storm, hurricane etc. and bears having a look to see how it progresses.

Atlantic Wide Satellite Loop : Tropical Atlantic Visible Imagery - Satellite Services Division



That`s it for now.