Early Season Tropical Storm Develops Off of Florida's Coast
Tropical Storm Andrea Develops Off of Florida Coast
The system had been moving towards the southwest since Monday, but has now officially been named the hurricane seasons first storm, Andrea. The system, whose center sits just east of Jacksonville Florida, is moving towards the west at a very slow 5 miles per hour.
The storm was first thought to be a big winter storm, but has since started to gain subtropical characteristics.
Meteorologist Jason Brewer from Orlando WESH 2 News has stated that "The water is a little too cool for any rapid development but just warm enough to feed this storm a bit." He has stated the the station along with the National Weather Service will be tracking Tropical Storm Andrea for the next few days to see if any further development is possible.
Many residents in the wildfire ravaged state are hoping that this system might bring the much needed rain to the area to stop the numerous wildfires that are burning all around the state.
According to the Nation Hurricane Center the storm is located at latitude 30.8 north, longitude 79.3 west
Also a nice tad bit of information from the WESH2 Website(www.wesh.com):
Weather records show a subtropical storm develops approximately once every eight years in May. There have been nine named storms in May since 1944. That is 67 years!!!
This gives everyone an idea of what this hurricane season has in store for us!
Compiled with help from:
Wesh 2 news Noon Broadcast, Orlando Florida www.wesh.com
National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Published by Amber A.
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2 Comments
Post a CommentWe too have been very lucky with living in the dead center of the state, but always get something when a hurricane or tropical storm decides to visit us. Hopefully this season will not be anything like 2004 :-) for my husbands sake. He works for the electric company and unfortunately has to go stay at the shop when a hurricane approaches :-(
Thanks for the information! I am planning to go to Florida on Sunday, so I hope that this passes.