"Tropical" Disturbance on Superbowl Sunday

[mia]

http://www.abc-7.com/story/16680888/tropical-disturbance-on-superbowl-sunday

This is a first for Superbowl Suday! The National Hurricane Center is interested in an area of low pressure that is forming in the Gulf of Mexico, to the southwest of us.

They have labeled the system "Invest 90-L" and it is circled on the satellite image to the right.

This developing system will not be a purely tropical storm because the water temperatures are way too cool. Water temperatures need to be warmer than 80º for a tropical system to get energy.

This particular system has a chance to become some sort of hybrid, or subtropical storm in the next couple of days....

[L0oniX]

1. Well there goes my sailboat races this weekend. SPSA.us

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. But but we have no climactic change

This is normal!

[malaise]

3. Very unusual

Rec

[Odin2005]

4. They say it has a 30% chance of becoming Subtroopical Storm Alberto.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. I saw that on weather site this morning and did a doubletake.

It is unusual, to say the least.

[mindwalker_i]

6. Yeah, that's what she called it

[MadHound]

7. Well hopefully it pushes up into Missouri, we need the rain. n/t