The 4th named storm of the 2009 Hurricane Season is upon us.  Tropical Storm Danny, soon to be Hurricane Danny is packing wind speeds of only 45 Miles per hour at the time of this post. Having said this, Danny should be watched extremely carefully if you are living anywhere on the US East Coast. Below is an up to the minute prediction map from the National Hurricane Center in Miami for where they think the storm may be headed.

In my opinion this sotrm bares mroe watchign than others this year. Some models have been predicting this to become a major hurricane and then possibly strike an area that has not seen a major storm in generations, the New York City area including possibly New Jersey, Bostomn, and New England. Of course it is way too early to make any prediction with accuracy, but this hurricane has the potential of become a very costly one. It may be a matter of 50-100 miles which could determine if we have another storm that goes out to sea harmlessly, or one that may in fact cause billions of dollars in damage.

If Hurricane Danny were to go into Manhattan as a major storm, and run up the east coast up through New England, we could be even talking about over a Trillion dollars in damage, not to mention the likelihood of a nationwide economic meltdown. The chances of this are slim, but they do exist with this storm. Will Danny be just another forgotten hurricane, or will it be one for the record books like Katrina? We will know within days most likely.

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It sure looks like we are off to the races in this 2008 Hurricane Season. The peak of the season isn’t for another 2 weeks (September 10th), however someone forgot to tell Mother Nature that. By tomorrow afternoon it is very possible that we could have 2 Hurricanes within 1000 miles of the US coast. This morning at 11am The National Hurricane center in Miami Florida issued a statement making Tropical Depression 8, Tropical Storm Hannah. Note the title of this post because we are 95% confident this storm will be upgraded to Hurricane Hannah within 48 hours. It will be traversing over extremely warm waters with relatively low sheer over the next several days.


Currently almost all the models have Hurricane Hannah moving eventually southwest, then west towards Florida for the end of next week. The Graphic of the 5 day National Hurricane Center projected path is below, and it will continue to be updated at our blog every 3 hours as the projected track of Hannah changes.

Understand that this storm is probably 8-9 days away from affecting the mainland of the United states, if it does at all, thus you have plenty of time to make those last minute preparations like filling up your gas tank, stocking up on water and granola bars, and making sure your residence is secure for whatever Hurricane Hannah may bring you. We had a lot of questions this morning as to the how fast Hannah will develop, as well as the projected path and intensity of landfall. Of course we are much too far away from any US impact, thus we can not give reliable data here. A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane is however possible according to the NHC. Remember that The US will likely have to deal with Hurricane / Tropical Storm Gustav before we deal with Hannah. For the projected track of Gustav check out: Gustav Projected Track


As with all Tropical Storms, stay tuned to the local media coverage and always prepare for the worse and hope for the best. I have a feeling that this is just the beginning of what will turn out to be an extremely active Hurricane season for us all in the GULF and Southeast Cast of the United States.

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Only in August and we already have our seventh named Atlantic Hurricane Season storm. The latest i Hurricane Gustav. Gustav suddenly developed just north of South America, yesterday, and is projected to intensify quite a bit over the next several days, leading up to the Labor day weekend. All eyes along the Gulf coast of the US should remain on Gustav, as it has the potential of being an incredibly dangerous Hurricane. Now, what is Hurricane Gustav’s Projected path?

Although the computer models remain all over the place this morning, the National Hurricane Center out of Miami Florida has issued the following graphic as their projected path:



Note that one should not follow the line, but instead the entire cone. As most of you know Hurricane projection is extremely difficult and sometimes inaccurate. Anywhere from The Yucatan Peninsula to the West Coast of Florida should remain on guard. Hurricane Gustav looks like a possible Major Hurricane which may make landfall sometime early to midweek next week.


The Current Projected track has it coming onshore around the New Orleans area, which certainly would be a nightmare, as well as ironic considering we are just 4 days away from the 3 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. Of course we are close to a week away from any US landfall most likely, so that track is bound to change time and time again. Currently Gustav poses a significant threat to the countries of Haiti, Cuba, and Jamaica. Stay tuned to our site as well as the National Hurricane Centers site for updates throughout the week. Have a safe week, and don’t let your guard down if you are in the current cones from the NHC’s projected path.
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August 28th Gustav Update:

Just wanted to give a quick update. As of noon today there have been 51 reported deaths, all in Haiti from Tropical Storm Gustav. The National Hurricane Center is now calling for a Category 3 Hurricane to hit the middle Gulf coast sometime Tuesday. The projected path currently takes it just west of New Orleans. I will have further updates as they come. The 3 Day cone about from the NHC’s track will be updated every 3 hours with the latest track and information.

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Well, although the Atlantic Hurricane season is off to a rather slow start, the Pacific season is kicking into gear. Hurricane Boris has formed. Boris is the first hurricane of the Pacific season and is currently somewhere between the western Mexico coast and Hawaii. This storm is not expected to impact land and should steer well clear of Hawaii before dissipating over the next week or so. The National Hurricane Center predicts it will dissipate within the next 72-96 hours, giving it very little chance of becomign a Major Hurricane.

For those interested here is a list of the rest of the names that will be assigned to Pacific storms this year:


Douglas
Elida
Fausto
Genevieve
Hernan
Iselle
Julio
Karina
Lowell
Marie
Norbert
Odile
Polo
Rachel
Simon
Trudy
Vance
Winnie
Xavier
Yolanda
Zeke

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