8/22 Tropical Storm Debby WNW 300 W. Cape Verde Max Sust 40 1003 MB

[hatrack]

So, here we go . . . looks like it's going to head north, go extratropical - I hope.

000
WTNT34 KNHC 230225
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042006
1100 PM AST TUE AUG 22 2006

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS INTO THE FOURTH TROPICAL STORM
OF THE SEASON OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN...

AT 1100 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 28.9 WEST OR ABOUT
300 MILES...485 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 PM AST POSITION...15.2 N...28.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 500 AM AST.

$$
FORECASTER STEWART

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT04/refresh/AL0406W5+gif/025200W_sm.gif

[soothsayer]

1. Lol! They're realllly desperate for a hurricane this year. It's near

Africa!

[skids]

2. Huh?

If anything, they have been reluctant to name storms. Whether it is near Africa or not, if it gets to be a hurricane, it gets counted as a hurricane, just like it was last year, the year before that, the year before that and so on.

Nobody is desperate for a hurricane.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. This is normal

A lot of years, there are no named storms until mid-September, even in years with fairly high hurricane counts.

The same kind of pattern was seen with Pacific storms last year; this year's pattern is like our hurricane season from last year, with a large number of storms that were bigger and stronger than on the average. There's a kind of multi-year back-and-forth in many global weather systems.

We could still have a disastrous season, and hopefully, we won't.

--p!

[hatrack]

3. 8/23 5:00 AM AST Debbie 385 WNW Cape Verde Max Sust 45 1002 Mb

With luck, this looks like it's going to head NW and fizzle out as a extratropical front.

000
WTNT34 KNHC 230843
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER 7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042006
500 AM AST WED AUG 23 2006

...DEBBY BECOMES A LITTLE STRONGER OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC...

AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEBBY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 30.1 WEST OR ABOUT 385
MILES...625 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.

DEBBY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
INCREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLOW
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 500 AM AST POSITION...15.9 N...30.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM AST.

$$
FORECASTER BROWN/PASCH

EDIT

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/230843.shtml