Say Hello To Tropical Depression Irene - NHC Links

[hatrack]

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WTNT34 KNHC 082043
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM AST MON AUG 08 2005

...DEPRESSION MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD... REMAINS POORLY
ORGANIZED...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IRENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 51.5 WEST OR ABOUT
810 MILES...1300 KM... EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...22.5 N... 51.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM AST.

FORECASTER KNABB


http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/082043.shtml?

Graphics:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/205915.shtml?3day

[wli]

1. are people taking bets on if/when the alphabet will roll over?

[hatrack]

2. I was wondering about that - Hurricane Xavier? Hurricane Yolanda?

Hurricane Zorro?

[phantom power]

3. Zorro is a bad-ass hurricane name.

I think I would vote for Yvette for #25.

[hatrack]

4. Yeah, Zorro would be a pretty tough-sounding hurricane

Maybe Hurricane Yog-Sothoth under the Y-names? ;-)

[phantom power]

5. Only if it achieves at least cat-4.

I mean, you've gotta earn a name like that.

[NNadir]

6. Not as bad ass as Zarathustra.

Thus spoke

Here however are the (wimpy) names that the weather service gives us:

Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

They are tempting fate by ending with Fred's wife in the age of global climate change.

My nominees for the addition names they will need:

Xerxes, Yashodhara (Budda's wife),and of course, Zarathustra. It's been millennia since these people lived, and probably millennia since so many names will be required.

[hatrack]

12. Yes, but at least it's not Hurricane Bam-Bam

A bit too much Rubble for my tastes. Bah-dah-BING!

[phantom power]

7. Irene is back... and looking fabulous.

000
WTNT34 KNHC 111449
TCPAT4

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 28
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU AUG 11 2005

...IRENE BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT STRENGTHENS...

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 62.6 WEST OR ABOUT
515 MILES... 830 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 1040
MILES...1670 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.

IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES
... 95 KM FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...25.1 N... 62.6 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 5 PM AST.

FORECASTER STEWART

[hatrack]

8. Busy, busy Atlantic

Still waiting for Hurricane Godzilla, or Hurricane Schwinngg, or Hurricane Monster Zero, or Hurricane Boris Badenov, though . . .

[phantom power]

9. I'd like to see Thor, Grond, Shiva, Ajax

[NNadir]

13. Speaking of tempting fate, it's starting to look like it's heading at me.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/085641.shtml?3day

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0905W_sm2+gif/085641W_sm.gif

Draw that line out an it goes right through Trenton/Princeton NJ.

[ramapo]

10. Irene might get interesting

Models indicate that Irene may affect the East Coast next week. The Outer Banks on north will probably begin to hear about the storm. Standby for the media hype machine.

The northeast could use the rain.

[phantom power]

11. There's plenty of piping hot surface water to fuel her.

If the other conditions are favorable, just about any storm could become a real monster this season. In theory.