Will this 'invest' form and become TS or Hurricane Don?

[malaise]

Where is he going?
Will he reach mainland USA or veer NE and head for Bermuda?
Or will he be all hat and no cattle and a mere fish storm?

[msongs]

1. national hurricane center says it will move into less favorable conditions in a few days nt

[malaise]

3. Which means what's left will veer more South

and West. Hope it self destructs.

I noticed the forecasters have increased the number of storms for this year.

[ornotna]

2. If we're lucky

It will veer north. If.

[tableturner]

4. The big swirl NNE of Puerto Rico (an upper air low) is not the potential storm.

The smaller, but more intense swirl (as shown by the coloring), entering the far eastern edge of the satellite shot, is the potential tropical storm. The upper air swirl is what may pull the tropical storm to the north (edited to add: and it also will increase the shear, which is less favorable for intensification).

[malaise]

9. Yep but as NOAA is showing this morning

this one will not be DON
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT04/refresh/AL042017_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/083925_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

[ProudLib72]

5. He's going to become a cat 5 hurricane headed straight for land

and then wander off and dissipate.

[LeftInTX]

6. It's already TD 4

Can't believe Don is the name.

I remember TS Don in 2011.

TS Don was the biggest whimp!!!! It was such as whimp that everyone in Texas wanted to retire the name. It was the storm that was killed by a drought. It died just as it was coming ashore at Brownsville. I think Brownsville got 1/2 inch of rain out of the thing.

[malaise]

10. Well the experts think this one will be an even bigger wimp

They don't think it will even become a TS.

[steve2470]

7. always welcome to post here also, Malaise, all the best to you and your family :)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1232

[malaise]

11. Thanks Steve2470

All the best to you and yours.

[Baclava]

8. Way too early, call me in a week

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[lpbk2713]

12. Happy to say it looks like the Atlantic has calmed down.

For now.


http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin=atlc&fdays=2

[malaise]

13. Yep looks like we can rest until the end of next week

when they say another wave will roll off the African coast.

The next one is Don since TD4 died early.