Well, our our up and down, here today, maybe gone tomorrow tropical depression in the Atlantic has gotten its act together enough to be named Tropical Storm Irene. It is located about 1160 miles east of the northernmost Leeward Islands.
The official forecast track curves it well north of the islands to a point some 200 miles southeast of Bermuda in five days. Only slow intensification is forecast, with Irene not becoming a hurricane during the forecast period.
This note from the NHC discussion...
THE 2005 HURRICANE SEASON CONTINUES ON ITS RECORD-SETTING PACE. IRENE IS THE EARLIEST NINTH NAMED STORM ON RECORD...BREAKING THE OLD MARK BY 13 DAYS. NORMALLY BY THIS DATE ONLY TWO NAMED STORMS HAVE FORMED.
So far, we have had nine named storms and two hurricanes this year in the Atlantic. The nine tropical storms is getting very close to the normal number for an entire season (ten.)
- Bill Murray
The official forecast track curves it well north of the islands to a point some 200 miles southeast of Bermuda in five days. Only slow intensification is forecast, with Irene not becoming a hurricane during the forecast period.
This note from the NHC discussion...
THE 2005 HURRICANE SEASON CONTINUES ON ITS RECORD-SETTING PACE. IRENE IS THE EARLIEST NINTH NAMED STORM ON RECORD...BREAKING THE OLD MARK BY 13 DAYS. NORMALLY BY THIS DATE ONLY TWO NAMED STORMS HAVE FORMED.
So far, we have had nine named storms and two hurricanes this year in the Atlantic. The nine tropical storms is getting very close to the normal number for an entire season (ten.)
- Bill Murray