Emily just got named 10 minutes ago.

[texas1928]

so we have our 5th named storm.

[shawmut]

1. I was just starting a thread about that

good thing I checked to see if anyone beat me to it before I hit reply.


Here is the forecast map:

[melnjones]

2. My baby sister is in the democratic republic

until Saturday. That sucks a lot. Emily is forcast to hit the DR friday.

[TroubleMan]

3. Emily looks like she'll go south and hit Texas or Mexico

It's still way too early to tell, though.

However, the one behind her looks like it will form, and if so Emily should push that one farther north. The would-be Franklin would definitely be a threat to the whole eastern US coast. Assuming it forms, of course.

Of course, I'll state again that I'm no expert. I've just been reading a lot, and I'm parroting the real experts, cherry-picking out of the diverse opinions that are out there and going with the one that seems the most plausible to me.

A hurricane this far out can do anything, but apparently out of all the hurricanes that have formed in that region, only two had a major US strike. This year looks to be special though, so maybe trends and records will be broken (some already have).

[halobeam]

4. do you have a link for the map of the developing storm

behind Emily? I can't seem to navigate the NOAA site to get this one....

[TroubleMan]

5. Invest 99L

&DIR=/data/www/tropical_cyclones/tc05/ATL/99L.INVEST/ir/geo/1km_bw&STYLE=tables&PRODUCT=ir&SUB_PRODUCT=geo&SUB_SUB_PRODUCT=1km_bw&DIR=/data/www/tropical_cyclones/tc05/ATL/99L.INVEST/ir/geo/1km_bw









http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/eatl-ir4-loop.html

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/eatl-wv-loop.html

[halobeam]

6. Thanks... been looking for this....

love the first one btw..