Tropical Storm Henri

[malaise]

By Friday, wind shear in the vicinity of Henri (or its remains) is predicted to fall to the low to moderate range. Even if Henri has dissipated by that point, regeneration into a tropical storm may occur. The track of Henri after Friday is problematic, as the storm will be in an area of weak steering currents. Several of the models favor a track to the west-southwest into the Caribbean, across Hispaniola. Residents of the Dominican Republic and Haiti should anticipate that Henri or its remains may bring flooding rains to Hispaniola by Saturday. It is also possible that Henri will get pulled northwards and recurved out to sea, and not affect the Caribbean at all, though.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1342

[DrDan]

1. sure has been a nice quiet season for us here in Florida this year

[Auggie]

2. I was thinking the same thing

though I'm not in Florida

[malaise]

3. Same here

Nothing has even entered the Caribbean Sea. Fingers crossed - this could bring flood rains our way. Hopefully it disappears into the Atlantic.

Still the vast majority of October hurricanes head for Florida.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. November hurricanes aren't unheard of either.

Famous November Hurricanes
At least seven major hurricanes with winds of 111 mph or greater have formed in the Atlantic basin since 1900. 2008`s Paloma was the most recent one to form.

The United States is not immune from direct hurricane hits in November. Record books show that four hurricanes have made U.S. landfall since 1900 during this last month of hurricane season. All four storms impacted Florida, with the most recent occurring in 1985. Hurricane Kate, a Category 2 storm roared ashore in northwestern Florida producing an estimated 300 million dollars in damage.
http://weatherbug.excite.com/StormCentral/Excite/StormCentral.aspx?no_cookie_zip=02108&no_cookie_stat=BOSMA&no_cookie_world_stat=&zcode=z4639&story_id=3548&lid=SCSPS

Mother Nature is on meth this year!

[Swamp Rat]

5. It might get pulled north by the Bermuda High pressure area

There's a lot of vertical wind shear in this El Niño year too.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/205613.shtml?5-daynl
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT10/refresh/AL1009W5_NL_sm2+gif/205613W5_NL_sm.gif

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010000/a010069/index.html

[malaise]

6. We should know by Friday or Saturday

:hi:

[malaise]

7. Moving West now

I wonder if they'll name the system behind/below it later today.