Sunday, August 16, 2009

Bill

Latest data is pulling Bill farther north, especially from 96 to 120 hours (Thursday and Friday). Again, it's still too early to get specific about Bill's track beyond this, but let's hope this trend continues! We will be closely tracking it and will bring you more updates through the week.

Data has been somewhat consistent with Bill's strength - it should become a Category 2 or 3 in the next few days.

Ana

Ana will be traveling over lots of land over the next few days, which will probably keep it a tropical depression.

If Ana survives its trek across Cuba and moves into the warm waters of the Gulf, it could reintensify back into a tropical storm. You can see this in the latest data, especially around 72 hours.


Claudette

Claudette will quickly weaken once it moves onshore tonight. The remnants will track close to our area and could bring some rain to the western edge of the state.

Claudette Named

Although this will quickly weaken to a tropical low, the remnants of Claudette will bring the Deep South a lot of rain. We will be tracking this closely because these remnants will slowly drift in our direction later this week.


Patchy Fog This Morning

Patches of dense fog have developed along and south of I-64. I'm expecting most of it to lift in the next couple hours with mostly sunny skies later this afternoon - nice finish to the weekend!

Claudette?

A strong low pressure has formed off the western Florida coast. Gulf waters are VERY WARM, so this could rapidly become our third named storm of the season - Claudette. This system will weaken a bit once it moves inland and could potentially bring rain for western parts of Virginia.