Last year out of the 14 total storms, only two tropical storms and not so much as one full-blown hurricane reached the U.S. coastline. My advice is to prepare for each and every hurricane season as if this were the year our number was coming up, because you will not get a clue from these dubious full season forecasts. Although I want to avoid repeating exactly what I wrote in the terminology section of our tracking chart, there are a few points I would like to enlarge upon here for greater understanding. I strongly recommend that you make a special effort to obtain a copy of our new full-color tracking chart for the most comprehensive review of everything you need to know in order to prepare for these storms. You can find them at any one of the numerous branches of Cameron State Bank, located across the listening area, or at the KYKZ-96 studios.
Large quantities tracking charts are available at no charge for organizations, classes and groups.
I have included a few graphics here to make the visual understanding of the various stages of hurricane development easier to comprehend. I have included arrows indicating the wind-flow within a wave. It looks a whole lot like any other low pressure trough you might see on the weather map, except for the fact that this one is deriving its primary energy off of the warm water temperature. Tropical waves can be troublemakers if they stall over an area and produce long training bands of thunderstorms, resulting in flooding. However, most simply enhance and organize our already present daily summer thunderstorm coverage as they go by.