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May 8, 2007
Atlantic SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT
Well it's official now. The NHC has acknowledged what we are all seeing off the coast.
000 WONT41 KNHC 081346 DSAAT SPECIAL TROPICAL DISTURBANCE STATEMENT NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 950 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2007A NON-TROPICAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CENTERED ABOUT 230 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS...HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THIS SYSTEM IS PRODUCING GALE-FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY SURF ALONG THE COASTS OF NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND GEORGIA...WITH STRONGER WINDS OFFSHORE. ASSOCIATED SHOWER ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED SINCE YESTERDAY...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT STRENGTHENING OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED. THE LOW IS BEING MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF TROPICAL OR SUBTROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT...AND AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM TOMORROW MORNING...IF NECESSARY.
INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES SHOULD MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.
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FORECASTER KNABB
It's a good time I guess to start checking your hurricane response kits folks. Brian Woods over at The
Storm Track has some interesting historical pictures of other hurricanes such as Florence in 2000 that started in the same region of the Atlantic. I have a feeling that I'm going to get to spend a lot of time over at The Storm Track website this year unfortunately. I think the actual surface winds imagine is quite interesting, I don't know if this will actually become a tropical storm, but it sure is acting like one.
Read more over at NHC Hurricane Awareness week and NHC Advisory.
Posted by Jamison at May 8, 2007 11:41 AM
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Just what they needed to send the gas prices up!!!
Posted by: mums at May 8, 2007 4:54 PM