Posted on 08/01/2004 11:11:36 AM PDT by varina davis
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ALEX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 2 PM EDT SUN AUG 01 2004
...THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE FEAR TO CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA.
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE HAS STRENGTHENED INTO TROPICAL STORM ALEX...THE FIRST NAMED STORM OF THE 2004 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON.
AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE CENTER OF ALEX HAS BEEN ESSENTIALLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...HOWEVER...A SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY WITH A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST TOMORROW. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ALEX IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTLINE TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY IN SQUALLS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1010 MB...29.82 INCHES.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-2 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALEX.
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...31.7 N... 79.1 W. MOVEMENT ...STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
Here come the end timers!!!!
Finally, time to put my hurricane tracking software to use. It has been bored since hurricane season ended last year.
FYI ping
So much news, so little room for Kerry!
Stay safe, southerners.
Storm ping. Level 4A?
The area is already water logged, it won't take much wind here in Wilmington to take down trees.
The radar and sat loops were pretty impressive on Alex earlier.
stay safe.
Alex? Damn! I was hoping for Aliesha.
Time to break out the WC-130 in Flight Sim 2004. Cool beans.
I just left Cape Hatteras on Saturday after spending a week there on vacation....the weather was beautiful.
Lucky I guess.
Because girls names are now boys names, all hurricanes will be girls again, if you want.
AHhhahah It's headed right for us!
I hope it doesn't rain Mon. at the Freep...
I'd say. July was hot humid and rainy in VA Beach. The wettest July on record, and I thought last year was bad!
Hope it passes quickly for you guys.
Because girls names are now boys names, all hurricanes will be girls again, if you want. Maybe we could compromise and use only Metrosexual names?
Hope you Carolinians stay alert -- we may have Hurricane Alex by Monday
Milepost 13 reporting in. As of this morning we're expecting lots of rain today and tomorrow, but by tomorrow evening the storm ~should~ be past us. It's not tracking for a direct hit here anyway...yet. Looks like when it hits Hatteras they expect it to track more eastward.
We're watching. We can be out of here within an hour if need be.
Other than that we're breaking out the jigsaw puzzles.
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