Saturday, August 4, 2012

Tropical Storm Florence in Atlantic

Tropical Storm Florence forms in Atlantic
Tropical Storm Florence
  6th Named Storm for Atlantic 2012 Season
The sixth tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season formed 350 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands.   This storm is expected to become a hurricane by Sunday, August 5hth.

500 AM AST MON AUG 06 2012

...FLORENCE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
CRUISE SHIP ITINERARY IMPACT
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NONE.


Real-Time Cruise Ship Tracking
 
SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.2N 38.8W
ABOUT 1610 MI...2590 KM E OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST...AND FLORENCE IS EXPECTED
TO DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE
 
Historical Data:  Storm Archive   Graphics Archive 

1100 PM AST FRI AUG 03 2012
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN...
 
800 AM AST SAT AUG 04 2012
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX BECOMES A TROPICAL STORM...  
 
1100 AM AST SUN AUG 05 2012
 
...FLORENCE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN...
 
500 AM AST MON AUG 06 2012

...FLORENCE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
 

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