Re: Tropical Depression ONE public advisory from NHC

[JohnnyCastaway]

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 WTNT31 KNHC 082059
 TCPAT1
 BULLETIN
 TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE ADVISORY NUMBER   1
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 5 PM EDT WED JUN 08 2005
 
 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN...
 
 AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL
 STORM WATCH FOR WESTERN CUBA FOR THE PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO AND
 THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
 
 INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
 PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
 FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
 INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
 BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
 AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
 DEPRESSION ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE
 84.0 WEST OR ABOUT 235 MILES... 375 KM... SOUTHWEST OF GRAND CAYMAN
 AND ABOUT 315 MILES... 510 KM...SOUTH OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.
 
 THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AS IT ORGANIZES...BUT IS
 EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR
 TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
 
 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
 GUSTS...MAINLY IN RAINBANDS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST...AND THE DEPRESSION HAS THE
 POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
 THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
 WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES.
 
 HEAVY RAINFALL...ACCOMPANIED BY SQUALLS...SHOULD BEGIN TO SPREAD
 ACROSS THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND WESTERN CUBA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
 
 REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...17.2 N... 84.0 W. MOVEMENT
 TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 30 MPH.
 MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
 AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
 CENTER AT 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
 EDT.
 
 FORECASTER KNABB/AVILA
 
 
 $$

[Freedom Ryder]

WOW, Sounds bad!

[JohnnyCastaway]

It's getting stronger...
 Latest update, it's now a tropical storm.
 
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 000
 WTNT31 KNHC 091146
 TCPAT1
 BULLETIN
 TROPICAL STORM ARLENE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   4
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 8 AM EDT THU JUN 09 2005
 
 ...SHIP REPORT INDICATES TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE HAS BECOME TROPICAL
 STORM ARLENE...THE FIRST TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2005 SEASON...
 
 AT 8 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS EXTENDED THE
 TROPICAL STORM WARNING EASTWARD TO INCLUDE THE CITY OF HAVANA AND
 HAVANA PROVINCE.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
 WESTERN CUBA FROM PINAR DEL RIO TO HAVANA PROVINCE...INCLUDING THE
 ISLE OF YOUTH.
 
 INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN AND THE
 SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
 THIS SYSTEM.
 
 FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
 INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
 BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
 AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS
 LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  84.0 WEST OR ABOUT
 185 MILES... 295 KM...WEST OF GRAND CAYMAN AND ABOUT  190 MILES...
 305 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.
 
 ARLENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  8 MPH...13 KM/HR...AND THIS
 GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE
 IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING
 THE CENTER NEAR WESTERN CUBA TONIGHT.
 
 A REPORT FROM A SHIP BETWEEN THE CENTER OF ARLENE AND THE CAYMAN
 ISLANDS INDICATES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE HAVE INCREASED TO
 NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL SLOW
 STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
 TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES
 ...240 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
 HEAVY RAINFALL...ACCOMPANIED BY SQUALLS...IS SPREADING ACROSS THE
 CAYMAN ISLANDS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA.  TOTAL
 RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS IN
 ASSOCIATION WITH ARLENE.
 
 MOISTURE FLOWING FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO ARLENE IS PRODUCING
 VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA...PARTICULARLY
 NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS.  THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
 FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
 
 REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...19.1 N... 84.0 W.  MOVEMENT
 TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
 WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
 THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
 11 AM EDT.
 
 FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
 $$

[Bulldog]

Sounds like it is time to take the laundry in off the line   :eek:  
 
 
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