Hurricane Season Begins - Andrea at 11am..

Recon called home!

It seems that Recon find the proof they needed to help the NHC make the decision that starts the 2007 Atlantic Hurricane Season a little bit early this year with the birth of Andrea out in the Atlantic, spinning off the coast and a beauty to watch on satellite imagery.

Birth Details:
ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE IS ACQUIRING
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE. THE SYSTEM CONTINUES
MOVING GENERALLY WESTWARD AT ABOUT 5 MPH.

Waiting to see how big she is and how strong but as of earlier this morning I believe recon found winds in the 55mph area.

Going to be a long season and if Andrea manages to make it across the state of Florida intact ..there is plenty warm water in the Gulf for her to cause problems there.

Unless another cold front will inhibit her from intensifying in any way.

Then again that was the thinking yesterday but the thinking seems to be fluid like the storm.. and the new graphics from skeetobite show something else happening.

Either way.. bet we are going to continue seeing smoke from those fires down in Miami. And, watching the fire carefully online in LA.. I used to live near there, very familiar with Griffith Park and that area.. hard to watch the flames get so close.

But.. at the moment, I have priorities. Fires closer to home are burning and we have a named storm in the Atlantic and well..gee that means the TWC will have a tropical update on later today.

http://www.skeetobiteweather.com/picservice.asp?t=m&m=90