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The tropics may be heating up!

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 9:29 am
by CrashTestDummy
Looks like we need to start keeping an eye on the tropics:

Special Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
1005 AM EDT Tue May 12 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Special Tropical Weather Outlook issued to discuss the potential
for subtropical development this weekend northeast of the Bahamas.

1. 1. An area of low pressure is expected to develop this weekend
a couple hundred miles northeast of the Bahamas. Environmental
conditions appear conducive for this system to acquire some
subtropical characteristics as it moves northeastward through
Sunday. The next Special Tropical Weather Outlook on this system
will be issued by 9 PM EDT Tuesday, or earlier, if necessary.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.

Re: The tropics may be heating up!

Posted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:16 am
by BlueJay
:? Swell.

Re: The tropics may be heating up!

Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 7:29 am
by CrashTestDummy
And ->POOF!<-

We will now return you to your regularly-scheduled pandemic.

Re: The tropics may be heating up!

Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 9:28 am
by BlueJay
One less thing, for now.

Re: The tropics may be heating up!

Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 2:34 pm
by CrashTestDummy
And we're back, but in a different spot. This time near the keys moving notheastward:

Special Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
240 PM EDT Thu May 14 2020

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Special Tropical Weather Outlook issued to discuss the potential
for tropical or subtropical development near the northwest Bahamas.

A trough of low pressure over the Straits of Florida is producing a
large area of cloudiness and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions
are expected to become conducive for development, and this system
is likely to become a tropical or subtropical storm by late Friday
or Saturday when it is located near the northwestern Bahamas. The
system is then forecast to move generally northeastward over the
western Atlantic early next week.

Re: The tropics may be heating up!

Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 9:31 am
by CrashTestDummy
And we have Arthur:
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DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Arthur was
located near latitude 30.3 North, longitude 77.4 West. Arthur is
moving toward the north-northeast near 9 mph (15 km/h). A turn
toward the northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected
during the next 24 to 48 hours. On the forecast track, Arthur will
remain well offshore the east coast of Florida, Georgia, and South
Carolina today, and then move near or just east of the coast of
North Carolina on Monday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher
gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours.
Arthur is likely to lose its tropical characteristics on Tuesday.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles (130 km)
from the center.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).
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Should be a fish, which is good, since I didn't vote for him! :-)