lol whichever. Breaking News!! Subtropical Storm Andrea forms off SE coast
Weather system appears 3 weeks before official start of hurricane season
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MIAMI - Subtropical Storm Andrea formed Wednesday off the southeastern U.S. coast, more than three weeks before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said.
The year’s first named storm had top sustained winds near 45 mph and was centered about 140 miles southeast of Savannah, Ga., at 11 a.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center said.
Subtropical systems are hybrid weather formations that are usually weaker than hurricanes and tropical storms.
They share characteristics of tropical systems, which get their power from warm ocean waters at their centers, and more typical bad weather that forms when warm and cold fronts collide.
Several private forecasters have predicted an above average Atlantic storm season. The National Hurricane Center will provide its forecast on May 22.
The center lists the season as running from June 1-Nov. 30, but large storms do sometimes form before or after that window.
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