Tropical Storm Andrea forms

I am not a meteorologist, but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of the 2013 season, has formed west of the Florida peninsula.

Tropical storm warnings have been issued for the west coast of Florida. This storm will primarily be a rain maker, with rainfall estimates of 3-10+ inches forecast for southwest Florida. The center of circulation will cross Florida from roughly Tampa to Jacksonville over the next couple of days.

This is a lopsided storm. There is a lot of convection (storms and rain) on the east side, with a lot of dry upper air preventing development on the west side.

Isolated tornadoes ( which I hate because we can't predict when they will occur) are possible on Thursday as the storm gets closer to the west coast of Florida.

The East Coast may also be affected after the storm crosses Florida. The storm is expected to interact with a frontal system that may cause it to track up the coast. The result? A coastal storm and nor'easter.

I wrote this as a summary of a lot of weather information I study. Does this type of information interest anyone?