EPAC: Tropical Depression Alma (01E)

[Chacor]

They've changed the font, and I think someone was too lazy to draw the full TS warnings along the coast

[HURAKAN]

They've changed the font, and I think someone was too lazy to draw the full TS warnings along the coast

It has been a long hybernation since Olga!

[CrazyC83]

The graphics are different...I think the new probability graphic is 10x better than the old one...

[Chacor]

Nicaragua's leftist anti-America government hasn't issued a TS warning yet I see, even with the system expected to hit as a TS soon.

[HURAKAN]

Nicaragua's leftist anti-America government hasn't issued a TS warning yet I see, even with the system expected to hit as a TS soon.

Remember what happened with Félix. Do you think Daniel Ortega will flinge for 01E?

[cycloneye]

Nicaragua's leftist anti-America government hasn't issued a TS warning yet I see, even with the system expected to hit as a TS soon.

Lets not introduce politics to this serious situation that this system pose to that region.

[boca]

Once TD1e moves inland where does the moisture go?

[Ptarmigan]

It will become Alma. Looks like it will move inland into Central America and perhaps end up in the Caribbean.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tr ... ml#a_topad

[Cyclenall]

The graphics are different...I think the new probability graphic is 10x better than the old one...

Heck yes, I've been waiting for that type for a while now, now theirs' are like mine!

The font should still be bolded. Even the maps look slightly different, whatever that may be.

They didn't mention much about how east this TC is.

[RL3AO]

I like the makeover on this one too.

[Sanibel]

We've had warm waters this winter. If remnant storm material gets into the Caribbean it could form.

[RL3AO]

Just was looking to see if any media picked up on One-E and I find this gem in the comments section at the Sun Sentinel.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-528tropicaldepression,0,4764002.story

Oh my God! It's not even June 1st, and this thing isn't even in the Atlantic or Gulf. It's a Pacific batch of rain. It will never affect the Gulf Coast or East Coast, so why are we hearing about it?

Oh yeah, that's right... this news is brought to you by your friends in the Insurance industry. They're now going to try to somehow add Pacific rain storms into the risk calculation so that they can increase our premiums again.

For those of you in the media, be it print, broadcast or web. Please stick to reporting actual Atlantic storms. No Pacific storms, no sub-tropical storms, and let's lose the predictions of how many storms and how strong they'll be. You all have lost your credibility with that! My prediction is that there will be some tropical activity this hurricane season. Will any of it reach the United States? Possibly. Can anyone say for sure? No! Stop being sheeple. Stop being the puppets of the insurance industry. Just report on one when it actually forms, and provide us the track. The Hurricane center can at least predict the path fairly accurately. Alright, I've said enough for now.

[Derek Ortt]

Just was looking to see if any media picked up on One-E and I find this gem in the comments section at the Sun Sentinel.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-528tropicaldepression,0,4764002.story

Oh my God! It's not even June 1st, and this thing isn't even in the Atlantic or Gulf. It's a Pacific batch of rain. It will never affect the Gulf Coast or East Coast, so why are we hearing about it?

Oh yeah, that's right... this news is brought to you by your friends in the Insurance industry. They're now going to try to somehow add Pacific rain storms into the risk calculation so that they can increase our premiums again.

For those of you in the media, be it print, broadcast or web. Please stick to reporting actual Atlantic storms. No Pacific storms, no sub-tropical storms, and let's lose the predictions of how many storms and how strong they'll be. You all have lost your credibility with that! My prediction is that there will be some tropical activity this hurricane season. Will any of it reach the United States? Possibly. Can anyone say for sure? No! Stop being sheeple. Stop being the puppets of the insurance industry. Just report on one when it actually forms, and provide us the track. The Hurricane center can at least predict the path fairly accurately. Alright, I've said enough for now.

Another one of the uninformed. Sounds like that clown Footy on WIOD in the mornings who said hurricane forecasters are criminals

[Sanibel]

Thought I saw a nudge west and towards EPAC.

[weatherguru18]

I do agree that the annual forecasts should stop being *publicized*, not produced. Insider use only. I suppose we can thank the "freedom of information act" for that. I don't really see the reason for the public to know. It's not like anybody heeds the warnings to begin with. Let's call it what it is...a ratings grab for the media and nothing more. Belive me, after what I went through during Hurricane Rita and sitting in 21 hours of traffic to go 150 miles, yeah...hurricanes were a joke along the upper Texas coast until one morning we woke up and there was a Cat. 5 on our door.

[Seddon69]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjdupENtUms i intend doing videos either 6 hourly or 12 hourly depedning on my sleep pattern. Hope you find these interesting. These dont provide you with any mroe info than you have but just put the important stuff in a format nicer for people who dont know anything about it.

[RL3AO]

This is what the AP is sending out

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed off the coast of Costa Rica, just days before the Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins.

Senior hurricane specialist James Franklin says the depression is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm within the next 24 hours as it approaches the coast of Nicaragua. The depression had winds of 50 km/h and was moving north at five km/h. Forecasters say it was located 169 km/h west-northwest of Cabo Blanco.

Franklin says the depression will primarily bring heavy rains rather than strong winds.

The hurricane season begins June 1.

Now, if you were not a geek and had not been following the system, wouldn't you think the depression is in the Atlantic basin after reading that?

[Chacor]

Typical media hype.

[JonathanBelles]

000
WTPZ31 KNHC 290552
TCPEP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP012008
1100 PM PDT WED MAY 28 2008

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SPREADING HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AMERICA...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF
COSTA RICA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
PACIFIC COAST OF NICARAGUA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.6 WEST OR ABOUT 120
MILES...190 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF CABO BLANCO COSTA RICA AND ABOUT
110 MILES...180 KM...SOUTH OF MANAGUA NICARAGUA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 3 MPH. A TURN TO THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE
DEPRESSION WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF COSTA RICA AND
NICARAGUA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AS IT
APPROACHES THE COAST.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10
TO 15 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA FROM COSTA RICA
NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH PORTIONS OF NICARAGUA...HONDURAS...EL
SALVADOR...AND GUATEMALA. ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF
20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN. THESE RAINS MAY
PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...10.5 N...86.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM PDT.

$$
FORECASTER BEVEN

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

I do agree that the annual forecasts should stop being *publicized*, not produced. Insider use only. I suppose we can thank the "freedom of information act" for that. I don't really see the reason for the public to know. It's not like anybody heeds the warnings to begin with. Let's call it what it is...a ratings grab for the media and nothing more. Belive me, after what I went through during Hurricane Rita and sitting in 21 hours of traffic to go 150 miles, yeah...hurricanes were a joke along the upper Texas coast until one morning we woke up and there was a Cat. 5 on our door.

I highly disagree with you on taking away the right for the public to know, and stoping the free flow of information; which is the cornerstone of what makes America a free and advanced republic, that has been free for over 200 years. People must know because that is what freedom is about it is about information and knowledge, I will oppose anything that takes away the PEOPLES right to know information that they Pay for with their tax dollars. It leads down a bad path that all on storm2k should be fearful and utterly opposed to, and that is the fact once one thing is not allowed then the NHC can take away the old Advisory selection on their home page; I don't understand why they don't want people to read them, but more importantly the computer models and satellite. I bet they would love to do what Europe doe's and control the release of information. That is not freedom and I'm opposed to it. So please think about the whole issue, because we could loss a lot if it ever happened. In would hurt us.


As for this depression, I would say chances are high that this becomes a storm soon.