Thursday, October 4, 2012

Atlantic Season Not Over TS Oscar Forms


Tropical Storm Oscar - 2012
Click (here) for Interactive Map

Tropical Storm Oscar
Forms in Atlantic

1100 AM AST THU OCT 04 2012

...OSCAR STRENGTHENS A LITTLE AND TURNS NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...
There are still two months left in the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season and the Atlantic hasn't given any signs that storms are over.   Tropical Storm Oscar formed between Cape Verde and the Leeward Islands in the Atlantic basinThe storm isn't expected to last as long, contrasting that with Nadine which lasted from September 11th until October 3rd.


SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...20.6N 41.7W
ABOUT 1205 MI...1935 KM WNW OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.


SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED
TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE OSCAR DISSIPATES IN A DAY OR TWO.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
NONE. 

Historical Data:         Storm Archive      Graphics Archive

TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN ADVISORY NUMBER   1
1100 AM AST WED OCT 03 2012
 
...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC BECOMES TROPICAL
DEPRESSION FIFTEEN...
...NOT EXPECTED TO LAST VERY LONG...
 
 
                                 

No comments: