This morning the Hurricane situation has changed a little. It seems Tropical Storm Ana has calmed down over the evening with winds dropping down to 40MPH. Area's under a storm watch for Topical storm Ana include PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, MONTSERRAT, ANTIGUA, BARBUDA, ST. KITTS, NEVIS, ANGUILLA, ST. MAARTEN, SABA, AND ST. EUSTATIUS.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANA. ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS LATER TODAY.
As Tropical Storm Ana MOVES TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK ANA SHOULD REACH THE LEEWARD ISLANDS BY EARLY MONDAY. Aircraft reconnaissance is being sent to the area later today. Ships in the area of Tropical Storm Ana are being requested to check in every 3 hours.
Tropical Storm Bill, on the other hand, seems to be gathering substantial strength. An image of Tropical storm / Hurricane Bill, shows a definite eye. Winds within Tropical storm / hurricane Bill are reaching 60MPH with higher gusts expected over the next 48 hours. Tropical force winds are extending 140 Miles from the eye of Tropical storm / Hurricane Bill which is threatening to reach Hurricane status by Monday.
At it's current direction of travel, Hurricane Bill will be to the east of Puerto Rico by Wednesday as it heads towards the Carolina's missing the Bahama's and Bermuda. Of course, being over the open ocean, the current path of Hurricane Bill means nothing, a sudden shift could send Hurricane Bill right to the Gulf of Mexico
There is also a tropical depression building in the GULF of Mexico which if it follows trend will become TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE within the next few days. Current wind speeds of 04L or TD4, as Claudette is now known, are reaching a Max sustained: 35 mph. which is rapidly approaching storm strength. Aircraft reconnaissance will be sent in to investigate the potential of Tropical Storm Claudette or even Hurricane Claudette, although with there being no open ocean to assist in her growth, TD4 / Claudette will at most reach Tropical Storm Status.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Pacific, Hurricane Guillermo is expected to weaken over the next few days. The Eye of Hurricane Guillermo is still approximately 1065 MILES...1715 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII with Hurricane force winds stretching 35 MILES OR 55 KM FROM THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES OR 195 KM.
HURRICANE GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
TROPICAL STORM ANA ADVISORY NUMBER 18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022009
1100 AM AST SUN AUG 16 2009
...ANA CONTINUES WESTWARD...AIRCRAFT RECONNAISSANCE TO INVESTIGATE
THIS AFTERNOON...
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR DOMINICA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO...THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...MONTSERRAT...
ANTIGUA...BARBUDA...ST. KITTS...NEVIS...ANGUILLA...ST. MAARTEN...
SABA...AND ST. EUSTATIUS.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE NORTHEASTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ANA. ADDITIONAL
WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THESE AREAS
LATER TODAY.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 55.8 WEST OR ABOUT 430
MILES...690 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
ANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR. IS EXPECTED
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND ON THIS TRACK ANA SHOULD REACH THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS BY EARLY MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
ANA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER
THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...INCLUDING PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. AND
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES
OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.8N 55.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 23 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500
PM AST.
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TROPICAL STORM BILL ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL032009
1100 AM AST SUN AUG 16 2009
...BILL STRENGTHENING OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN...
AT 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 38.4 WEST OR ABOUT 1555
MILES...2500 KM...EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
BILL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND BILL
COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON MONDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.1N 38.4W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
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HURRICANE GUILLERMO ADVISORY NUMBER 18
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP102009
800 AM PDT SUN AUG 16 2009
...GUILLERMO EXPECTED TO WEAKEN LATER TODAY...
AT 800 AM PDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUILLERMO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 138.7 WEST OR ABOUT
1065 MILES...1715 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII.
GUILLERMO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND GUILLERMO
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM TOMORROW.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120
MILES...195 KM.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.1N 138.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 PM PDT.
Puerto Rico, the Bahama's and the Florida panhandle are getting pummelled with Hurricane and tropical storm activity this week. With Ana subsiding, Tropical Storm Claudette has hit land and is now heading inward.
Looking at a SATELLITE image of HURRICANE BILL 2009 and TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE, there is a definate overlap of Storm Force winds over the Bahama's and Peurto Rico. There are some sources referring to TROPICAL DEPRESSION CLAUDETTE as HURRICANE CLAUDETTE, perhaps those in the effected area's are feeling more like they are being hit by a HURRICANE. A current look at web camera's in Alabama and Florida show some cloud activity but a relative calm before the storm. Live Web Camera's from the Florida region can be found here HURRICANE FLORIDA LIVE WEBCAMERA'S
