First Tropical Storm Of Atlantic Season Forms
The first tropical storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season has formed, with Tropical Storm Andrea heading towards Florida with maximum sustained winds of 60mph.
The Bermuda Weather Service said Andrea is not a threat to Bermuda at this time, and its closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hrs [3 days] is forecast to be 593 nautical miles to the northwest at 3am on Saturday [June 8].
Chart via the BWS:
The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida this afternoon before moving across southeastern Georgia and the Carolinas, and it has prompted warnings for a large section of Florida’s west coast. At least six possible tornadoes were reported in Florida on Thursday morning, according to the Weather Channel’s Dr. Greg Forbes.
In its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, the US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] Climate Prediction Centre predicted an active or extremely active season this year.
For the six-month hurricane season, which began on June 1, NOAA said there is a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms [winds of 39 mph or higher], of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes [winds of 74 mph or higher], including three to six major hurricanes.
I must say it aint a Bermudian summer without us having to rush to Gorhams and Master to buy supplies for a hurricane that will not come.
What do they do with all of the stuff that they bought the year before?