By WEATHER WORLD on Sep 9, 2011, at 1:12 PM Updated on 9/09 at 1:12 PM
WEATHER WORLD
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The Atlantic's three named storms: Hurricane Katia along New England, Tropical Storm Maria in the eastern Caribbean and Tropical Storm Nate off of Mexico.
The beginning of September marks the
middle of the Atlantic’s hurricane season, and right now it’s pretty active.
There are currently three named storms churning in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. Let’s meet them!
- Hurricane Katia
This storm started way out east off the coast of Africa and has churned its way across the Atlantic to near the coast of New England.
Katia has been as strong as a Category 3, but has not affected land much, other than some rip currents along the East Coast and some tropical storm conditions in Bermuda.
The current track takes it on a bee-line back across the Atlantic. By Monday, it is forecast to be a sub-tropical storm near the British Isles.
- Tropical Storm Maria
Maria was named Tuesday as a tropical storm about 1,000 miles west southwest of the Cape Verde islands.
It has remained under hurricane status as it crossed the Atlantic. Maria is about to slam into the Lesser Antilles tonight and then cut across Puerto Rico as it moves northwest.
It is forecast to remain a tropical storm until possibly Tuesday when it will turn more northward. The forecast is too early to determine if landfall is possible in the U.S. mainland, but it could take a similar path to Katia and blow out before it hits the U.S.
- Tropical Storm Nate
Nate is between the Yucatan Peninsula and mainland Mexico and is not forecast to move very much at all over the next few days.
Nate was named Wednesday and has remained fairly stationary since then.
The storm could strengthen to a hurricane by Saturday morning as it creeps westward toward Mexico, gradually picking up strength.
Nate is forecast to make landfall as a hurricane sometime Sunday and begin to weaken while making a southerly turn.
What does this mean for Oklahoma? Squat. We
desperately need the rain, but it won’t happen with the current picture of the Atlantic.
But don’t give up hope yet: Hurricane season runs until Nov. 30.
--Jerry Wofford
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