Monday, August 17, 2009

Hurricane season comes to life

After 2 1/2 months of inactivity, the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season saw it's first three names storms — Ana, Bill and Claudette — develop over the weekend. Ana appears to be of no concern to residents in Alabama and other Gulf Coast states. Bill has reached hurricane level and could be a major storm (category 3 or higher) by the middle of the week, but he's a long way from the U.S. mainland right now.

Claudette is been downgraded this morning to a tropical depression as it moves inland over South Alabama. Cullman and Winston counties can expect the possibility of some rain this afternoon or evening and a slight tropical breeze, but not much more.

For anyone interested, here is a link to the National Weather Service Hurricane Center.

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