Tropical Storm Bonnie (2016-Possible Scenario)

Tropical Storm Bonnie was the second named storm of the active 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, and the first time since 2012 that two pre-season storms formed in the Atlantic basin. Bonnie formed from a non-tropical low on May 30 into a tropical depression, and turned extratropical on June 2.

Meteorological History
On May 27, the National Hurricane Center noted the possibility of tropical or subtropical development in the western Atlantic off the coast of Florida or Georgia, giving the system a 20% chance of development within 48 hours and a 30% chance of development within the next 5 days. On May 30 at 12:00 UTC, the National Hurricane Center sent a recon flight to investigate the system; as a result of finding an asymmetric warm core and winds of 35 knots (40 mph), the National Hurricane Center declared the storm Subtropical Storm Bonnie about 200 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. Moving northward, the storm intensified to 50 mph at 00:00 UTC on May 31.