Author Topic: Tropical Storm Sam Forecast to Rapidly Intensify Into a Major Hurricane This Weekend  (Read 569 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline libertybele

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 56,522
  • Gender: Female
Tropical Storm Sam Forecast to Rapidly Intensify Into a Major Hurricane This Weekend

Tropical Storm Sam in the eastern Atlantic Ocean is on the way to becoming a major hurricane this weekend. However, it's uncertain whether it will strike the Leeward Islands next week.

The National Hurricane Center upgraded Tropical Depression Eighteen to Tropical Storm Sam late Thursday morning. It's still over 1,500 miles east-southeast of the northern Leeward Islands moving west.

Sam became the eighteenth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, the second earliest "S" storm in Atlantic Basin history, behind only 2020's Sally, according to NHC hurricane specialist Philippe Papin. .....

......Sam's forward speed will slow down this weekend, as high pressure to its north acting as its initial steering wheel weakens.

According to the latest computer forecast models, Sam may not reach the longitude of the Lesser Antilles until the middle of next week.

Whether it passes over parts of the islands or bypasses them to the north is unclear, at this time.

Residents in the Lesser Antilles, especially the northern Leeward Islands, should simply monitor the latest forecast for any possible changes.

Beyond that, the large majority of computer model forecasts eventually curl Sam away from the U.S. East Coast late next week or next weekend.

That's because they're forecasting a weaker, less expansive Bermuda high over the Atlantic Ocean and a stronger trough, or southward plunge of the jet stream, near the East Coast, as described in a previous article here.

That pattern would cause Sam to curl north, then northeastward into the central or western Atlantic Ocean, rather than simply plowing westward.

However, it's far too soon to completely rule out Sam as a potential U.S. threat. .............

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2021-09-23-tropical-storm-sam-forecast-atlantic
Romans 12:16-21

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly, do not claim to be wiser than you are.  Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.  If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all…do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.