[kanaloa]

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No time in all recorded history has there been even one Category 4 Hurricane in July... and to have two by the 15th of July is a record that may very well never be broken. Below are the latest details on the next system...

UPDATES WILL BE BELOW



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UPDATED IMAGE - July 21, 2005 @ 3:12pm EST

[kanaloa]

I jumped the gun the first time... but now I think something is forming for sure...

Updated the first post...

[kanaloa]

Oooh yesss... score, I might be right on this one.

NOAA just released this:

1130 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2005

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

A VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE IS PRODUCING CLOUDINESS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS...AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND BECOME BETTER
ORGANZIED...AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...SATELLITE IMAGERY...AND
RADAR DATA SUGGEST THAT A BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY BE
FORMING OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO GRADUALLY BECOME MORE FAVORABLE...AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A
TROPICAL STORM COULD FORM LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES GENERALLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM
THIS AFTERNOON.

A TROPICAL WAVE IS PRODUCING A LARGE AREA OF CLOUDINESS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN CARIBEBAN SEA AND ADJACENT LAND
AREAS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...BELIZE...GUATEMALA
...AND HONDURAS DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THOSE AREAS. THE WAVE MAY EMERGE OVER THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE IN 2 OR 3 DAYS...AT WHICH TIME SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SYSTEM WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

[augie]

No time in all recorded history has there been even one Category 4 Hurricane in July... and to have two by the 15th of July is a record that may very well never be broken.

I really hope you're right. Many heat records are being broken up here this year.

[kanaloa]

No time in all recorded history has there been even one Category 4 Hurricane in July... and to have two by the 15th of July is a record that may very well never be broken.

I really hope you're right. Many heat records are being broken up here this year.

You raise a good point... one has to wonder how much heat they are pushing north.

[kanaloa]

SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
227 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2005

A SHIP IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED JUST EAST
OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS HAS RECENTLY ESTIMATED WINDS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR DATA FROM THE BAHAMAS
INDICATE THIS SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED
TODAY. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS
CURRENTLY ENROUTE TO DETERMINE IF A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A
TROPICAL STORM HAS DEVELOPED.

FORECASTER STEWART/AVILA

[kanaloa]

Ok if this isn't something... I'm not sure what is.

<img src="http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT2/VIS/20.jpg">

[e to the x]

i'm not even a meteorologist and the looks like it has an eye...

[kanaloa]

i'm not even a meteorologist and the looks like it has an eye...

LOL, by the time the Hurricane Hunter gets there this might be a Cat1 Hurricane.

Where the hell did this thing come from?

[Nolez]

Looks like we are going to be in for an interesting weekend.