Jun 01 2008
The Season Begins…Arthur Was Early!
June 1st….The 2008 hurricane season is underway! Hope you are ready for what the next six months may hold. Just like last year, we have actually started the season a day early as Tropical Storm Arthur developed on Saturday over the Yucatan Peninsula. The good news is that T.S. Arthur is not that big of an issue other than the heavy rain over the Yucatan. It is expected to dissipate over the next few days over the high terrain of southern Mexico. Arthur developed from the remnant circulation/tropical moisture of Tropical Storm Alma that was in the eastern Pacific.
The questions are already coming everywhere we go…”whats the season looking like this year” or “are we going to get hit this year”. Of course we give the standard answer…”We just don’t know yet. We will have to wait and see.” There is some degree of reliability in overall season to season activity but there is no way to tell where or when an individual storm will form more than a few days out. So for all of you wanting a more accurate tropical forecast…just hold on. We are getting better year after year.
We hope that you will take the time to check out our new interactive Hurricane Tracker on our tropical page here on the website. Just click on “Hurricane Center: 2008″ at the top of the page for more. As you know, we are on a totally new website platform so we will be adding more and more content to the Hurricane Center as the next few weeks pass but all the important information you need to be ready is on there now so check it out. I have also added some more “techie” weather links to the blogroll on the left of this post. You can check them out if you want even more detailed information.
Just remember to check the blog often. This will become our primary discussion forum for what the day to day tropical forecast holds. We will have a lot more here than what we have time for on the air so you will want to add this to your daily reading for the web for sure.
Thanks for stopping by and remember to pick up your free 2008 Hurricane Survival Guide at any local Piggly Wiggly, SCE&G or at the Live 5 Studios!
Chad Watson
Live 5 Meteorologist
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