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Title: Tropical Storm Could Develop Over BP Spill Area
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AOL NEWS
URL Source: http://www.aolnews.com/nation/artic ... r-gulf-oil-spill-area/19539388
Published: Jul 2, 2010
Author: AOL NEWS
Post Date: 2010-07-02 17:14:17 by Brian S
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Comments: 2
(July 2) --The weather will continue to interfere with cleanup operations in the Gulf of Mexico heading into the Fourth of July weekend, even though Hurricane Alex moved inland and weakened. In a worst-case scenario, a tropical storm could develop near or directly over the area of the BP oil spill. The overall onshore flow that has resulted in large waves delivering tar into new areas along the Gulf Coast will not be as intense over the next couple of days, perhaps decreasing the intensity of the waves crashing ashore. According to The Associated Press, plate-sized tar lumps came ashore near Pensacola, Fla. Waves will remain higher than normal today and Saturday, especially near thunderstorms. An abundance of thunderstorms will be the immediate weather problem. Thunderstorms will be more numerous than normal because of a combination of very humid air and a stalled front over the region. The storms will produce dangerous lightning, rough seas and locally strong wind gusts. A greater danger would be if a low pressure system were to develop in the northern gulf, which sometimes happens when a stalled front begins to weaken near a warm water source during the first part of hurricane season. The low-pressure system could become a tropical depression, a tropical storm or even a hurricane if it remains over the warm water long enough and is in an environment where upper-level conditions are conducive for development. Some computer forecast models are indicating that a low-pressure system will develop along the immediate Gulf Coast during the next day or two -- in the area where the front is producing thunderstorms now. It's unlikely that a hurricane would form since the developing system would be very close to land. But it's not out of the meteorological realm of possibility that a tropical depression (a tropical low pressure system with a sustained wind of no more than 38 mph) or tropical storm (a tropical low pressure system with a sustained wind of at least 39 mph) could form. Tropical storms and hurricanes of this type are more common than long-track hurricanes that cross a large portion of the Atlantic Ocean during early July. National Hurricane Center meteorologists, the government experts, say there is a 10 percent chance of development in this area during the next two days, and perhaps an organized low pressure system will not form. The potential exists, however, and it will need to be watched over the next couple of days. 
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
The Good News is that bp can't fuck up any more than it is now. Less CorXit will be 'dispersed'. And oil will go to the surface. And since no one is around the drill ships now (bp's excuse for not allowing the A Whale out) the A Whale should be able to get close to the source. And the A-Whale can work in large swells!!!!
Thanks to TreeHugger for sending us some apologetic souls. I’m glad TreeHugger understands that BP has feelings too. We should warn you that we are not looking for fake, disingenuous apologies, but really, letters from the heart, letting BP know about the things you did to hurt them. Did you leave the iron on? Did you get them fired, accidentally? Let it all out. If you want to know what NOT to do, click read more to read some examples of gushing raging meanies who really just want to hurt BPs feelings. They thought they could fool me. YOU PEOPLE WILL NOT TRICK ME! I will catch every fake apology and show the world what a jerk you are in the process. Here’s another thread of shameful passive aggressive hogwash. With a bucket of pure unadulterated crazy thrown in (Seriously, one letter is spectacular in how bizarre it is.) Don’t be crude like these tarballs. I'm sorry that bp never learned how to cover up it's mistakes and that it has had to spend Billions to correct it's public image. I'm sorry that by this oil geyser All walruses in the GoM have now become extinct. There's not one walrus left!.
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