TD 16 Has Tropical Storm Force Winds Reported... Name it already...

Suddenly the NHC goes anal over names?

I don't understand it... their own discussion explains why they should have named it but we are waiting for what??? A morning visible?? Somethings happen at night before the 5am.

Yes, it's a messy, messy system like all large, messy Tropical Storms but when you have ship reports and land reports from Cuba... there is no reason for hesitation. The Florida Straits can give an extra oomph to any storm and areas less than 24 hours away in the Carolinas will sit up and pay attention to a named storm.

Most tornadoes ...over 80%... occur at night in North Carolina. Is that a crazy statistic or what? But... happens.

Flash Flood Watch is out and there is a long, long message on the radio of warnings depending on where the rain axis sets up.

Personally... a bit worried about what Nicole is leaving behind in the Carib.



Note the storm is down by Cuba, the WINDY part of the storm...there is more rain behind it...in a large rain shield like feature that will linger for a while.

Crazy.... but it looks like the crazy models showing the one storm moving up with the front and another forming below are very possible. And, the wave in the Atlantic is moving westward to Jaws music.

Be back later with more info and hopefully being able to legally call her Nicole.

It is almost negligent to have information that would compel an upgrade and to ignore it ... in my opinion.

Their motto should be something like to warn and serve. Like the police cars.... honesty is the best policy.

Bonnie was weak, very weak... but she had a name and she made landfall as a pretty good tropical storm far to the north of where they thought she would come in.

The Miami-FLL-WPB area is a very densely populated area and areas like Hallandale and Hollywood very prone to flooding... we won't even discuss Miami Beach.

Discussion out of the NHC explaining why she should have a name...

"ALSO...AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FLYING BETWEEN FLORIDA AND
CUBA HAS INDICATED SURFACE WINDS OF 33 KT IN UNCONTAMINATED SFMR
DATA ABOUT 80-120 NMI EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...WHICH IS MUCH
CLOSER TO THE CENTER THAN SEEN NOTED IN PRIOR SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
AND RECON DATA. THE LARGEST DOPPLER RADAR VELOCITY VALUES DETECTED
THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 40-44 KT BETWEEN 6000-12000 FT. THIS INDICATES
THAT THE DEPRESSION IS VERY NEAR BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM. "

You mix and tropical system with a cold frontal boundary and you get very severe localized weather and often small tornadoes.

Give the girl a name already!

Besos Bobbi