• Sailing is all about the Weather.

    Big into the exploration of Atlantic Hurricanes since Katrina came uninvited into his world, James (Jim) Gurley (JamesG161) has followed every Tropical Storm birthed in Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean waters since. Being a boater, he knows that we often need more time to prepare than we get from the TV weather folk. Jim relies on the science of storm development to share early warning info with friends and fellow boaters.

    Early in 2018, Jim and John Shepard, (JSSailem) started to chat about the weather data available. John asked Jim to help forecast Pacific NW storms, and this morphed into discussions on weather forecasting.

    For John, sailing in the PNW is sometimes hit and miss. One day is ugly, then a string of beautiful days but no wind, followed by a series of blue-sky days and 12 knot breezes. Being ready for those great sailing days means you need to look to the Pacific Ocean and what is brewing. John has been into Pacific NW Weather since the 1970’s when his first PNW November storm hit bringing more than 40 days and 40 nights of continual rain.

    Together we want to share information, new APPs, safety, and thoughts about letting the weather help you. Identify some of the resources for sailors and help prepare you for your next sailboat outing.

    It is far better to go out on the water knowing what to expect in weather terms, than to be out on the water and see dark ominous clouds suddenly appear, unprepared.

Subtropical Storm Alpha?

Davidasailor26

Davidasailor26

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May 17, 2004
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Beneteau Oceanis 37 Havre de Grace
When I saw that the tropical system in the Gulf was being named Beta I wondered what happened to Alpha. So I looked it up and saw this -
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Then I looked at the current conditions there on Windy like the radar, and the current satellite -
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So I was wondering if anyone can provide any insight on the naming criteria is that applied here. It looks like a pretty disorganized area of showers and thunderstorms. It formed in a part of the world that doesn’t even fit on the National Hurricane Center’s Atlantic Basin maps, at roughly the same latitude as decidedly un-tropical Baltimore MD.

I don’t mean to be sarcastic, I’m just wondering what differentiates Alpha from any other Low pressure system in the northern hemisphere.
 
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Benny17441

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May 24, 2004
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They say it had developed enough Tropical characteristics, but I think they were eager to try the Greek letters naming system. Perhaps we can follow with the NATO phonetic alphabet.
 
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