Subtroical Storm Ana Formed in the Distant Atlantic. Next Name Up is Bill. Careful of Riptides at the Beach!

 

This was the satellite view from Thursday.

I tweeted this and it's true.

There are some hurricanes you chase and there are hurricanes that chase you ... and unless you're chasing the hurricane then you may need to evacuate or hunker down in a well prepared, safe place and pray. And then there are early season weak, odd looking systems that remind you the Hurricane Season is on it's way. 

Ana was not one to chase and thankfully not one to make anyone evacuate and its not a Hurricane but it did get the glory of using the name Ana as a Subtropical Storm, the first named storm of 2021. 

For the record the 2021 Hurricane Season I'm doing a short post on Subtropical Storm Ana that formed early Saturday Morning on the 22nd of May out in the distant Atlantic. It's a minimal system that the NHC upgraded and nothing really to write home about but hey this is a Tropical Weather Blog and so marking the event. Earlier it had a more defined circulation on some satellite imagery, I was offline today so this is a current picture 

Not going to show a cone.

Amazing when you turn the world around.

Love Earthnull.

Oh my gosh look at that system.

 Great Britain gets wild weather.

Next name up is Bill.

Currently the tropics are chaotic.

Best word I can use tonight.

What was in the Gulf of Mexico flowed into the Northern Gulf Coast... Texas, Louisiana with heavy rain, more flooding and a reminder that the hurricane season is 9 days away officially, even though Ana snuck in there thus providing a good reminder in the media that now is a good time to start preparing for Hurricane Season.  

It's very hot in the South so stay hydrated and if you get to the beach you may find riptides an issue so learn what you need to know should you get caught in one. It would be tragic for someone to lose their life in a riptide from strong winds along the coast but surf is up and riptides are ripping so please be careful!

https://www.usla.org/page/ripcurrents

Stay safe but have fun!

Sweet Tropical Dreams, 

BobbiStorm

@bobbistorm on Twitter and Instagram

Ps Do not think that all the named storms this year will be as wanting as Ana and as we get deeper into the season and real storms form and take aim at someone's coastline know the beat will have been turned around. So party hardy while you can and enjoy the music. 

 

Earthnull does show Ana.