Subtropical Storm Debby Forms in the Atlantic.

Subtropical Storm Debby formed this morning in the North Atlantic from an area previously known as Invest 97L. We had been watching it to see if it would develop and it did indeed. It's way out there where most people like to see tropical activity and not threatening any land area. But, it is the 4th named storm of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season and I'm sharing the information with you while most mets online are watching in awe of Hurricane Hector in the Pacific. Worth noting our next named storm in the Atlantic will be Ernesto and I doubt he will be subtropical and more possibly going somewhere so enjoy this continued respite from worrying on landfalling tropical cyclones in the Atlantic this week while enjoying the satellite images of Debby and her distant cousins in the Pacific. I waited to blog until later in the day this morning in case the NHC upgraded 97L to Debby as there were signs that may happen and it did.

Debby can be seen in the North Atlantic far right.

Further to the left are the Pacific storms.

Discussion mentions the ASCAT pass earlier today.

As wonderful as Earthnull is above we don't upgrade based on that.

There are many parameters and ASCAT sometimes is used.

Cone shown below.

Debby up close and personal.

Up around the latitude of Boston.

In the middle of the Atlantic.

Far away from most of Hurricane Country.

Even though there are no actual systems being watched by way of Invest or otherwise there are areas that we are watching for possible development. Sometimes, as witnessed by Debby, things pop up and sometimes they are out at sea and other times they are home grown forming close to land. Waves that do not develop in the Atlantic often pop up and come to life closer in and at the same time old frontal boundaries often become something more over time while they hang out over warm water. So stay tuned and keep checking back while watching the storms in the Pacific. As we move through August and the Atlantic warms up and wind shear rearranges itself and Saharan Dust very slowly moves away from center stage the Atlantic comes back to life when no one is looking.

I'll update this blog in a while with more thoughts on the Atlantic and the wealth of tropical energy in the Pacific.

Besos BobbiStorm

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Ps... Where's Ernesto hiding?