The purpose of this
image is to let viewers know if a weather system
has the potential to develop into a tropical
storm or greater. The
systems are circled in a particular color and the color correlates to
the probability
of further storm development.
NEGAWX is often asked, "Can hurricanes reach the Northeast Georgia
Mountains?" Yes
they can and hurricanes in 2001 to 2007 have caused
considerable damage and a week without power. Hurricane
Ivan "The
Terrible" sent winds gusting, for over 12 hours, to 81 MPH and
sustained winds >50 MPH.
NEGAWX takes hurricanes in the mountains
seriously.
A new symbol is being used
by the National Hurricane Center. If
the map is displaying the symbol Lx that means an old system or a
developing system has been
classified as a low-pressure system with
some circular rotation and has been upgraded or degraded to a tropical
depression.
If you
see a written number above the "Lx" such as SEVEN; that means
an area of thunderstorms has
developed into a tropical depression and
if the depression develops further, into a tropical storm, it will be
named beginning
with the seventh letter of the alphabet. As an example,
the 7th letter of the alphabet is "G" and
the system could be named
GLORIA or any name (male/female) beginning
with the letter G.
