Tropical Storm Don

TheInquisitor

It looks like we'll have the 4th named storm of the 2011 hurricane season in the next few hours. Tropical storm Don is near 100% expected to form in the next few hours. An aircraft is on way to investigate it now. This tropical storm is likely to be the first storm that hits the US coast with all forecasts predciting it hitting the south south west of America. More than likely Texas.

With high temperature waters, low wind shear and nothing in its way now for 3-5 days this storm could easily grow rapidly and should become a weak hurricane before landing. At the very least it should help with the drought hitting the USA at the moment. Depending on strength it might have an impact on oil prices if it damages any rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

1. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM
COULD BE FORMING ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH OF CANCUN MEXICO. AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY ENROUTE TO
INVESTIGATE THE AREA...AND IF IT CONFIRMS THE PRESENCE OF A
CIRCULATION...ADVISORIES WILL BE INITIATED THIS AFTERNOON.
INTERESTS IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR
THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD NEAR 15 MPH. THIS
SYSTEM HAS A HIGH CHANCE...NEAR 100 PERCENT..OF BECOMING A TROPICAL
CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

http://www.stormpulse.com/

maquiladora

maquiladora

Looks like they are going for TD instead of jumping straight to Don.

Edit : Don it is!

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5-daynl#contents

thetonynator

eilejh

Follow the action and the Cyclogenesis ......
http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=111230&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=1680

Just refresh occasionally. There were over 600 posters at one point today. We are desperate for rain.

NOT trying to take away from this board.. But for weather enthusiasts...this is very exciting to watch develop.

maquiladora

Don is thankfully unlikely to cause any damage or problems, in fact it will probably bring some much needed rain to the area.

Invest 91 needs to be watched.

gbee

It must have been the quickest disintegrating storm of all time. Not that is was expected to be anything great, but they were expecting a bit of rain ~ comparatively they just got a drizzle.

Poof ~ gone.

maquiladora

gbee wrote: »

It must have been the quickest disintegrating storm of all time. Not that is was expected to be anything great, but they were expecting a bit of rain ~ comparatively they just got a drizzle.

Poof ~ gone.

"The Don is dead."

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/300834.shtml?

TheInquisitor

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TheInquisitor wrote: »

It looks like we'll have the 4th named storm of the 2011 hurricane season in the next few hours. Tropical storm Don is near 100% expected to form in the next few hours. An aircraft is on way to investigate it now. This tropical storm is likely to be the first storm that hits the US coast with all forecasts predciting it hitting the south south west of America. More than likely Texas.

With high temperature waters, low wind shear and nothing in its way now for 3-5 days this storm could easily grow rapidly and should become a weak hurricane before landing. At the very least it should help with the drought hitting the USA at the moment. Depending on strength it might have an impact on oil prices if it damages any rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. '





Just saw on RSOE that oil is once again bubbling up from the site of Deep Water disaster in the gulf of mexico.


Oil is again bubbling to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near the epicenter of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. Reporters from Mobile, Alabama’s Press-Register loaded into a boat Tuesday to inspect the site. Equipped with cameras, the reporters discovered “hundreds of small, circular patches of oily sheen” within a mile of the well. “Floating in a boat near the well site, Press-Register reporters watched blobs of oil rise to the surface and bloom into iridescent yellow patches,” the paper reported Wednesday. “Those patches quickly expanded into rainbow sheens 4 to 5 feet across.” According to the Press-Register, “Each expanding bloom released a pronounced and pungent petroleum smell. Most of the oil was located in a patch about 50 yards wide and a quarter of a mile long.” Petroleum engineers are concerned that oil is leaking from the floor of the Gulf near the sealed well.