Category: Discussion

As the Tropical Storm and Hurricane season ends each year, the staff at the Tropical Storm Research Center doesn’t take any time off. We update our tracking software, monitor Jet Stream movements, go over data points from the previous season and monitor inland winter storm issues that can contribute to trends in the next Tropical Storm and Hurricane season.  As we monitor inland issues in our off season, we will occasionally publish regional weather concerns in our website blog area. Our blog can be found through the blog button, top right on the main screen where you will find a link to an interactive weather map. Click on any area of interest for a recap of conditions as provided by the National Weather Service.

Please check in with us occasionally for any news or seasonal updates.  Thank you for following us here at www.gulfstorm,net .

ALERT: The National Weather Service has issued numerous winter storm warnings including blizzard warnings for the area from Washington, DC through Pittsburgh, New York and most of New England starting late Sunday night, January 25 through late Tuesday afternoon, January 27.

A cold high pressure area over eastern Canada will be colliding with a low pressure area off Virginia causing huge amounts of Atlantic moisture to be chilled and the resulting snow and high winds will create near white out conditions. This will include some coastal flooding with very strong southeasterly winds. Some areas in the warning area could see over 24 inches of snow with significant drifting. This can potentially be a life threatening storm with loss of power in areas and roadways that will be impassable.

For persons in this warning area: Please use the following interactive Weather Service link to review warnings for your area.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php

As the Tropical Storm and Hurricane season ends each year, the staff at the Tropical Storm Research Center doesn’t take any time off. We update our tracking software, monitor Jet Stream movements, go over data points from the previous season and monitor inland winter storm issues that can contribute to trends in the next Tropical Storm and Hurricane season.  As we monitor inland issues in our off season, we will occasionally publish regional weather concerns in our website blog area. Our blog can be found through the blog button, top right on the main screen where you will find a link to an interactive weather map. Click on any area of interest for a recap of conditions as provided by the National Weather Service.

Please check in with us occasionally for any news or seasonal updates.  Thank you for following us here at www.gulfstorm,net .

On Thanksgiving Day, there are only a few days left in the 2014 Atlantic Tropical Storm and Hurricane Season with no chance of new storm formation before the official end of the season on November 30.  We are truly “Thankful” that the 2014 storm season was relatively uneventful for US coastal involvement. However, we will continue to monitor potential storm formation until well into December.

The volunteer staff at the Tropical Storm Research Center would like to thank you for your support and kind comments. Please check back in the website main screen and in our Blog section for occasional advisories over the next 6 months and we will be back in mid May, 2015 with Tropical Storm and Hurricane preparedness information for the start of the 2015 Atlantic storm season on June 01.

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Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed in the west central Atlantic from a low pressure area near the Windward Islands. Gonzalo will move to the northwest and north over the next 6 days or so and will be upgraded to a low category Hurricane sometime within the next 36 hours.  This storm will be affecting most of Puerto Rico and eastern Dominican Republic Monday night into Tuesday and will then be taken into the North Atlantic by upper level winds. Unless this storm makes an unanticipated move, this will be our only mention of Named Storm Gonzalo.

Please use the NHC link below for official advisories:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“These are not official advisories. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here.”

https://gulfstorm.net/

Tropical Storm Research Center, Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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Sub Tropical Storm Fay formed in the central Atlantic from a broad low pressure area today. Fay will be moved to the north and northeast over the next 4 days or so and remain out in the Atlantic far from land. Unless this storm makes an unanticipated move, this will be our only mention of Sub Tropical Storm Fay.

Please use the NHC link below for official advisories:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“These are not official advisories. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here.”

https://gulfstorm.net/

Tropical Storm Research Center, Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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As a result of high speed upper level air currents associated with the Jet Stream branches, very little Tropical System development has taken place thus far this season in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.  As storms form in the Tropics and sub Tropics, the tops of these storms are sheared off by the upper level winds, preventing any major development.  This trend will be continuing for the time being, but we will continue to monitor any areas that may have the potential for Tropical Storm development and report here in this area of the website.

Thank you for following our unofficial advisories and updates.

TSRC does not usually track Pacific origin Tropical Storms or Hurricanes. Our software is configured for Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Storms. However, Pacific Storm Odile came ashore in Baja California and is traveling northeast into the US.  Persons from southern California to far western Texas should be aware of the possibility of significant rainfall and flash flooding.

Please use the NHC link below for official advisories:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“These are not official advisories. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here.”

https://gulfstorm.net/

Tropical Storm Research Center, Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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