No seriously, I know that title name is sorta goofy, but its the truth. This system is one that we should monitor through the 26th at least.
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Tropical Storm Isaac forms in the Atlantic
Author: Josh Owens | August 22, 2012 1:50 pm est
:: NOTICE :: PLEASE READ THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO AVOID CONFUSION OR THE STARTING OF A HYPE TRAIN::
Anyone remember what happened about a year ago? Well yeah, an earthquake, but about a week later we had Hurricane Irene on our doorstep. Lets see what happened:
- Late August
- Developed by the Lesser Antilles
- Letter “I” on the list of names for the 2011 season
- Models showed it going towards Florida during its first stages as a Tropical Storm
- Turned north off the Dominican Republic
- Impacted east coast a few days later
Well…low and behold our newest member to the 2012 season of storms, Isaac. Not to strong quite yet as he churns in the Atlantic. Many models had this storm on its scopes around the 17th of August…a few of them planting the storm on our doorstep later next week.
Its obviously way to early to say that this storm will be another Mid-Atlantic rain/wind maker…but it does share some very, VERY eerie similarities to last years iStorm. Lets take a look:
- Late August
- Developed by the Lesser Antilles
- Letter “I” on the list of names for the 2012 season
- Models are showing it going towards Florida during its first stages as a Tropical Storm
“Now Josh, you copy/pasted part of that”..well…yeah…I did…because the start of the lists are looking really similar at this stage of the game. Heres the thing though, it is still to early to say that this will be Irene 2.0 or anything like that, its WAY to early at this point. We didn’t know Irene was going to become a strong storm so quickly and make a north turn at this point last year. Isaac is still a young one. Irene, as mentioned before, got uber strong as it left the Dominican Republic (Isaac still has yet to reach the Leeward Islands [South East of the Dominican and Puerto Rico]) and made a sharp North turn towards us.
And yeah, the “I” named storm trend is really weird…so I listed it…but don’t be superstitious about it. Also to those who think that I named storms are non-players, here is list of a few notable storms to hit the east coast:
- Ivan (2004)
- Isabelle (2003)
- Irene (2011)
So, all this said, what do we do now? Well…wait…we should get a better grasp of what Isaac should by Sunday the 25th. Then I’ll update you on what hes looking like. If you live anywhere between the Yucatan in Mexico to the East Coast, keep a kind eye on this system in the days ahead. Its still very open that anywhere could be hit, it just needs to be right place right time for any one place to be impacted, things right now are favoring the look of a US impact storm.
The one wildcard we have is the genesis of the soon-to-be Joyce in the central Atlantic. The storm is destined to be a fish storm and stay out in the Atlantic. What we do need to watch is the path Isaac and Joyce take as they share the same waters. We will monitor this as the days wear on.
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