Posted on 05/28/2008 10:41:12 PM PDT by HAL9000
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP012008
800 PM PDT WED MAY 28 2008
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS NEAR COSTA RICA...EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINS TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA...
AT 8 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PACIFIC COAST OF COSTA RICA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE PACIFIC COAST OF NICARAGUA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 800 PM PDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-E WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.5 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES...165 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF CABO BLANCO COSTA RICA AND ABOUT 130 MILES...210 KM...SOUTH OF MANAGUA NICARAGUA.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 3 MPH. A TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA FROM COSTA RICA NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH PORTIONS OF NICARAGUA...HONDURAS...EL SALVADOR...AND GUATEMALA. ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN. THESE RAINS MAY PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
REPEATING THE 800 PM PDT POSITION...10.2 N...86.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 200 AM PDT.
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN/RHOME
As long as Costa Rica doesn’t have to worry in July or August I’m OK!
Here we go ......Tropical season is now open!
Local weather forcaster in Orlando predicted earlier tonight (before formation) that this area of weather would drift north this coming week and the High pressure area over the Atlantic that is currently giving us a westerly flow would drift off and north, letting this depression drift over Florida.
I guess it has it’s own timetable :)
Here we go again is right. Only nowadays every single hurricane and unusual weather event is blamed on Global Warming. Don’t know whether I can stomach another season of this BS. And speaking of BS, am I just imagining it, or are there a lot of people out there actually hoping for a bad hurricane season? Have they lost all sense of shame?
Well - um - the Globaloonies will have to come forward and explain how the less active hurricane seasons of the past two years reflect “global warming” on the rise.....
Just ignore the GW cries....
My interest in the hurricane season is due to living through two of them here in NC and vowing to leave town if another one like those come through here....if I can possibly do so....
FR is the best place to track the hurricanes anyway...best source / resource by far.
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