2009.10.05
Tropical Storm Grace nears .... IRELAND?
Here's something you don't see everyday: An Atlantic tropical storm taking aim on Ireland. Tropical Storm Grace has formed in the far northeastern section of where you would expect any Atlantic tropical cyclone to form ... almost off the Atlantic map provided by the National Hurricane Center. Grace, a small tropical storm, peaked at 65 mph winds earlier today, but is still pretty potent with 60 mph winds. It is expected to become absorbed into a large extratropical low pressure system perhaps before it can make contact with the coast of Ireland.
In a recent discussion, the National Hurricane Center states: "IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT OTHER ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORMS HAVE FORMED FARTHER NORTH THAN GRACE DID. IN 2008 TROPICAL STORM LAURA WAS FIRST CLASSIFIED AS A TROPICAL STORM AT 40.6N....SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH THAN THE LATITUDE OF 40.2N WHERE GRACE WAS FIRST CLASSIFIED AS A TROPICAL STORM AT 0000 UTC TODAY. ALSO...IT IS LIKELY THAT POST-STORM ANALYSIS WILL SHOW GRACE BECOMING A TROPICAL STORM EARLIER...AND FARTHER SOUTH...THAN INDICATED OPERATIONALLY."
Meanwhile, there is another area in the central Atlantic that has a medium risk of becoming the next tropical storm, which would be named Henri. So though it has been an afterthought lately, Atlantic tropical season is continuing to kick along a bit.
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