Posted on 09/12/2006 7:42:58 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ADVISORY NUMBER 1 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL082006 1100 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2006
...EIGHTH TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON FORMS OVER THE FAR EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
SHIP REPORTS AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT A TROPICAL DEPRESSION HAS FORMED FROM THE TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA YESTERDAY.
AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 23.0 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES...295 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...12.5 N...23.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM EDT.
$$ FORECASTER PASCH
Let the media hype begin!
Big Al the Environments Pal is probably feeling a stir in his loins, thinking he might just get lucky on this date.
Al with a stir in his loins ....
What a disturbing thought.
All I have to say is this had better not screw up my fishing trip week after next.
It might rain later today in Atlanta they say, maybe even some wind gusts...
I hope you have the requisite supplies and evac plans.
If these models are accurate, then half of the US could be obliterated,
I'm hunkered down under the desk, ping me when it's all clear!
And we'll be forever getting that black stuff off of everything. I just got the house painted.
All because of that darned butterfly flapping its wings...or was it a barking moonbat flapping its wings??
ROTFL!
This will be Gordon?
We'd better hope this follows Florence's path. The intensity models bring this to a Category 3 storm pretty quickly.
This season is giving me some much needed rest. ;-)
Helene
The left is praying that Karl Rove got it right this time......
LOL!
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