BN9: Tropical Storm Ana forms in the Atlantic
Tropical Storm Ana has developed in the Atlantic Ocean.
BAY NEWS 9 — Tropical Storm Ana has formed in the Atlantic Ocean.
What was once Tropical Depression 2 has reorganized into the first tropical storm of the season.
According to current computer models, Ana may possibly reach the Bahamas Thursday morning.
Florida could feel Ana’s impact Thursday evening or Friday morning.
However, Bay News 9 meteorologist Diane Kacmarik said the computer models don’t have a good handle on the path of the storm and that she expects the storm track will change as it moves west.
In addition, Kacmarik said some computer models have the storm dissipating before making landfall.
Ana is likely to strengthen over Atlantic waters, and that it could threaten land.
The winds within the storm have been clocked at 40 mph. Ana is forecast to slowly strengthen over the next two days.
The 5 a.m. weather advisory from the NHC puts the storm 1,010 miles east of the Leeward Islands and is moving 16 mph to the west.
Forecasters are also watching a possible storm system just behind Ana.
Source: http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/8/15/508830.html?title=Tropical+Storm+Ana+forms+in+the+Atlantic
