MULTIPLE TROPICAL CONCERNS ONGOING

MULTIPLE TROPICAL CONCERNS ONGOING – Good afternoon everyone! A beautiful and warm day is unfolding before our eyes here up in the New York City metro area and Long Island. I wanted to pop in to give a quick update on Hurricane Jose, and also reassure the audience that I haven’t forgotten about the other features popping up on the map in the Atlantic.

Multiple Tropical Features in Play

First and foremost, we have Hurricane Jose. Jose is still clocking in at 80mph, gusts to 100mph, and moving NW at 9mph. Throughout the last few days, he’s been shifting from looking ragged to healthy. Right now he’s looking pretty healthy with the return of some inflow after some dry air infiltrated this morning. At this moment, he still looks to be on a path that will bring it very close to the Northeast, specifically Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. You can see what to expect as far as impacts given specific paths here. As of now it looks like a slightly more tame/slightly more southern version of “scenario 2”.

With Tropical Storm watches being posted for North Carolina’s Outer Banks, I’m figuring the Forks of Long Island may be next, and Cape Code will definitely be next. Remember, as these systems go north late in the season and lose some of their tropical features, the wind-field tends to expand well beyond the precipitation. This is why the Outer Banks has a tropical storm watch now and it is not a sign of a shift in path.

Beyond Jose, we have Tropical Storm Lee west of the Cape Verde and a very vigorous tropical wave east of the Leewards. Both have the potential to become Hurricanes and both have the potential to become major hurricanes. Just as with Irma when Jose popped up, we will handle the immediate threat first (Jose), then move onto the other features.

Stay tuned.