Tropical Storm Jose has formed in the Atlantic

Tropical Storm Jose has formed in the Atlantic . Another one to keep an eye on.
Of course this one has the potential to become a hurricane, being its peak season.

A long way out yet to know which way it will go.

You can also see Irma as it is now... Cat 5

TS Jose
11:00 AM AST Tue Sep 5
Location: 12.3°N 39.1°W
Moving: WNW at 13 mph
Min pressure: 1008 mb
Max sustained: 40 mph

Looks like I need to get off my lazy bum and finish rewiring the Jeep. Rides a lot higher than my Chevy.

a reply to: violet

I hope that misses Florida.

Just in case...

Florida better pick out a pastor they hate.

Just wondering, you ever notice when there's a hurricane, it never hits Washington D.C.. It's like Immune or something. Hurricane Sandy hit N.J. How did it miss Washington and Delaware? lol I think Jose will be small and come hit S.C and N.C and parts of Virginia from looking at it. Or, maybe it just follow Irma.

a reply to: Diabolical1972

Geography and location are the reasons. Storms that ride the coast from the south will almost always run into north Carolina and the outter banks because it sticks out. I live in south east Virginia just north of where it juts out I'm right on the mouth of the Chesapeake and although we've had some pretty bad storms we have been spared over and over again by north Carolina. God bless those people who call that area home.

A storm that comes in from off the coast will cross over colder water east of the gulf stream and lose power.
And storms rarely make a westward turn that far north because the prevailing winds aloft steers everything eastward. Our ancestors counted on it for trade with the colonies.

And finally a storm that comes from the gulf passes over land where a hurricane loses strength because it needs water to sustain itself.

So Washington is just located a bit too far inland and has a geographic buffer between it and these storms.

a reply to: Diabolical1972

Isabel hit DC pretty good, IIRC.

Welp Florida had a pretty good run with nothing more than minor storms to contend with, just wish I was stateside to help my dad deal with it all.

watch jose and irma combine into cat 10 and destroy florida

muahahahhahaha

a reply to: Sillyolme

Lol I do. I'm in NC.

originally posted by: Jiggly
watch jose and irma combine into cat 10 and destroy florida

muahahahhahaha

Okay, that is not even funny.

a reply to: buster2010


Um, guess that i must be stumped what does Trump being in office have to do with hurricanes. Look back we have had many years where only one or two large stroms appeared and years where it was crazy amount. Heck 2005 or 2004 can't remember off the top of my head had the most recorded storms and no trump in office.

You also talk about GOD being pissed, we have no clue if a god exist. IF he did why would he care about US politics, would think he has more pressing duties like rocking out with all the great rock legends we've lost in the last 10 years.

originally posted by: Diabolical1972
Just wondering, you ever notice when there's a hurricane, it never hits Washington D.C.. It's like Immune or something. Hurricane Sandy hit N.J. How did it miss Washington and Delaware? lol I think Jose will be small and come hit S.C and N.C and parts of Virginia from looking at it. Or, maybe it just follow Irma.

So basically the weather acted exactly the way you would expect it to act with hitting the East Coast depending on location.

By the time Sandy made landfall in in NJ it was no longer a hurricane.
This link also talks about the various damages done by Hurricanes, either active or remnants of , done to Maryland: en.wikipedia.org...(1950%E2%80%93present)

originally posted by: buster2010
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What a coincidence all these storms are happening during hurricane season.

The environment in which Jose is located in appears to be quite
conducive for development for the next three days as the SSTs are
very warm, the vertical shear is very low, and there is abundant
mid-level moisture.

By days four and five, however, the vertical
shear may increase in part due to the outflow from Hurricane Irma to
its west. Thus the official intensity forecast shows steady
intensification until day three, then decreases slightly to day
five.

www.wunderground.com...

It's the oceans that drive the weather. And when the temp of the oceans increase, weather is more severe.

Thus more storms and with increased severity resulting in beautiful shore breaks. Look at the bright side....

www.scientificamerican.com...

Latest Update:
5:00 PM AST Tue Sep 5
Location: 12.5°N 40.6°W
Moving: W at 12 mph
Min pressure: 1006 mb
Max sustained: 45 mph

JOSE GAINING STRENGTH IN THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC...



This is likely to be one a hurricane

We're not done yet!

...DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO... ...EXPECTED TO MOVE LITTLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...


Tropical Depression Thirteen

4:00 PM CDT Tue Sep 5
Location: 22.4°N 96.7°W
Moving: E at 2 mph
Min pressure: 1008 mb
Max sustained: 35 mph

If you go here, you can hear the wind howling at Popo from that storm.

www.webcamsdemexico.com...