June 10, 2006
Storm Warning
Storm could land in Big Bend
staff and wire reports
The first tropical depression of the 2006 hurricane season formed today and is expected to make landfall in Florida sometime Monday or Tuesday.Tropical Depression One is expected to increase in strength to a named storm but is not expected to become a hurricane.
The depression formed southwest of Cuba and is expected to make landfall somewhere between southwest Florida and the panhandle.
This is 'way early for the first tropical storm of the season. Way early.
Posted by Melanie at June 10, 2006 03:53 PM | TrackBackEarly-ish.
1858:
June 12 12 UTC 19.0N 85.5W -- deg -- mph -- kph 80 mph 130 kph -- mb Hurricane - Category 1
1865:
May 30 0 UTC 13.0N 80.0W -- deg -- mph -- kph 60 mph 90 kph -- mb Tropical Storm
1871:
June 1 0 UTC 24.1N 81.0W -- deg -- mph -- kph 50 mph 70 kph -- mb Tropical Storm
1873:
June 1 6 UTC 24.2N 78.8W -- deg -- mph -- kph 50 mph 70 kph -- mb Tropical Storm
...etc.
David,
Good historical information. Have you got anything more recent for the current cycle?
Yep. Before June 15, 1975-1999:
1976
May 21 12 UTC 24.0N 89.0W -- deg -- mph -- kph 25 mph 35 kph 1010 mb Subtropical Storm
1978
January 18 12 UTC 22.0N 44.0W -- deg -- mph -- kph 30 mph 45 kph 1013 mb Subtropical Storm
(this one doesn't really count, but I'm including it for completeness)
1981
May 6 18 UTC 18.4N 83.6W -- deg -- mph -- kph 35 mph 55 kph 1006 mb Tropical Depression
1982
June 2 12 UTC 21.7N 87.1W -- deg -- mph -- kph 25 mph 35 kph 1005 mb Tropical Depression
1986
June 5 0 UTC 26.2N 75.8W -- deg -- mph -- kph 35 mph 55 kph 1007 mb Subtropical Storm
1992
April 21 12 UTC 24.0N 59.0W -- deg -- mph -- kph 30 mph 45 kph 1006 mb Subtropical Storm
1995
June 3 0 UTC 17.4N 84.3W -- deg -- mph -- kph 35 mph 55 kph 1005 mb Tropical Depression
1997
May 31 18 UTC 28.5N 77.4W -- deg -- mph -- kph 30 mph 45 kph 1011 mb
1999
June 11 18 UTC 27.1N 58.1W -- deg -- mph -- kph 35 mph 55 kph 1010 mb Tropical Depression
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/easyhurdat_5102.html
is a listing of the 6-hour positions for everything on record 1851-2002, about 6300k of text.
