Glenn_Richards's Blog

Now we've got Hanna hanging around! Looks like Hanna is moving away from that upper level low that is just to the west of Hanna. That low was ejecting some wind shear on Hanna...and kept her weak during the day. Now it should ramp up and intensify into a hurricane. Computer models really spread apart in the coming days. Big question for me is how strong will an upcoming cold front be? Also, how strong will the high pressure center be that develops behind the front and possibly block the northward movement of Hanna early next week. If the high pressure builds in strong enough...then expect Hanna to move toward Florida as it gets caught up in an easterly flow on the south side of the ridge. Oh yeah, we still have Gustav coming into the Gulf this weekend and still has its sights set on Louisiana or somewhere along the north Gulf coast. Will be a fun week next week!

Glenn, I have heard that back in the day storms didn't get named until they reached hurricane status, Now they are named when they make tropical storm status, Besides the obvious fact that it makes it look like we have more named storms now than we did in the past, which technically we do if you don't know the stats on how they used to be named, Why the change in the naming of storms?