Tropical Storm invest

[lisurfer]

Just curious about tropical storm invests. How are they named? It seems like they are all 90 something (current one 93L). Also, how do invests become tropical storms, it is based on wind speed or pressure? Thanks.

[sosodel]

I have no idea... but theres a storm brewing!?!? where is it i dont see it under the hurrican tab on swellinfo

[jimmycrab]

I know with the above average water temps for this time of the year, is it possible that we will have an above average hurricane season, Im no scientist but my money is on a good season for storms....

[beaner]

Just curious about tropical storm invests. How are they named? It seems like they are all 90 something (current one 93L). Also, how do invests become tropical storms, it is based on wind speed or pressure? Thanks.

Someone correct me if i'm wrong but I believe there needs to be clear counter-clockwise rotation in addition to a sustained windspeed of 39mph.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml

[stoneybaloney]

I have no idea... but theres a storm brewing!?!? where is it i dont see it under the hurrican tab on swellinfo

http://www.swellinfo.com/tropical/index.html?forecast=tropinvesttrack&eventnum=93&region=NT&year=2009

[wbsurfer]

http://www.swellinfo.com/tropical/index.html?forecast=tropinvesttrack&eventnum=93&region=NT&year=2009

hey i like that avatar picture you have.

[ecoastprock]

I know with the above average water temps for this time of the year, is it possible that we will have an above average hurricane season, Im no scientist but my money is on a good season for storms....


Actually the real scientist are predicting we're gonna have a el nino effect this year which means more shear and and fewer storms in the Atlantic.



This is important, since the number and intensity of Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes is usually reduced during an El Niño year, thanks to the increased wind shear such events bring to the tropical Atlantic. Last month, Columbia University's International Research Institute (IRI) was giving a 30% chance of an El Niño event for the coming hurricane season; this month, they have bumped their odds up to 45%.

[terra-firma intolerant]

I have no idea... but theres a storm brewing!?!? where is it i dont see it under the hurrican tab on swellinfo

Don't get excited, the invest is in the Caribbean and expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico - if anywhere at all.

[radicalbro1026]

that invest is in like central america theres prob no chance were gonna get swell from it

[ecoastprock]

GLOBAL MODELS INDICATE THIS
AREA OF DISORGANIZED WEATHER WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE SRN GULF OF
MEXICO LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. IN THE
MEANTIME..

http://sirocco.accuweather.com/sat_mosaic_640x480_public/ei/isaecar.gif

Some of the models show it moving across florida and off the east coast.

[surfswell]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
That link shows it as a possibility it move up north to south florida. Hopfully it will travel up farther and give us some swell. :---D

[Swellinfo]

invests, are as the name implied areas that the NWS is investigating for possible development.

This area of convection will be moving into the Gulf of Mexico and there is potential for development.

Take a look at the National Hurricane Center Atlantic Basin Outlook (http://www.swellinfo.com/tropical/index.html?config=&forecast=tropoutlook&region=NT&tregion=NT).

When a storm is an invest, then they will not give a forecast or discussion specific for the invest, but they will mention it in the Basin Outlook and Discussion.

I'm not sure why it is labeled 93L.