Subtropical storm off the Southeast coast (update, The Weather Channel)

[jpak]

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news

What began as a mid-latitude or extratropical low pressure system has now transitioned to what is known as a subtropical storm.

The subtropical storm is forecast to simply linger off the coast with some slight westward movement toward the Georgia coast. The current forecast calls for the storm to gradually weaken just off the Georgia/South Carolina coast during the next 36 to 48 hours. There is an outside shot of the subtropical storm transitioning to a tropical cyclone. Details of this storm will be closely monitored.

For the remainder of today, impacts will continue to be tropical storm-force wind gusts, large, crashing surf, beach erosion, coastal overwash, and the high risk of rip currents. Coastal showers will move onshore from time to time especially along the South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida coast. By Wednesday and Thursday, impacts will lessen and conditions will slowly improve.

The storm began on Sunday afternoon as an area of low pressure developed a few hundred miles off the North Carolina coast. It quickly strengthened and, along with a bullish high pressure system located over northern New England, created a very tight pressure gradient.

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[yellowcanine]

1. Can these storms develop into northeasters?

[MUAD_DIB]

3. If they travel up the coast and their winds are from the NORth and East

then yes.


wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter

[phantom power]

2. that is a remarkably donut-like storm

[Massacure]

4. Well this should give off a good amount of rain to help those Georgia wildfires.

[Eugene]

5. Tropical storm Andrea - TSR

Source: Tropical Storm Risk

Tropical storm Andrea
09 May 2007 15:11:00 GMT
Source: Tropical Storm Risk
Mark Saunders
Website: http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com

Tropical storm Andrea is forecast to strike the United States at about
12:00 GMT on 10 May. Data supplied by the US National Hurricane
Center suggest that the point of landfall will be near 30.2 N, 80.6 W.
Andrea is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the
region of around 74 km/h (46 mph). Wind gusts in the area may be
considerably higher.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/TSR/200701N_AL01.htm

[phantom power]

6. May I be the first to say: WTF??