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ping.
Should be good enough to raise old prices about $5 a barrel today.
Our first weather satellite was Vanguard 2 launched late in 1959. That would have been the first year we would have been able to detect a storm like this. We had one named storm in May and one in June last year. We are ahead of the curve this year.
Where is the Bermuda High?
I’ve heard that water temps are fairly low this year. Since water temp is what feeds these storms its expected to be a slow/weak season. At least thats what they are telling us here in Florida.
Of course that wont make insurance or oil prices go down so we wont hear about it.
Statement as of 11:00 am EDT on July 03, 2008
...Second tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic season forms in the
far eastern Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands...
...Outer rainbands affecting the southern Cape Verde Islands...
interests in the southern Cape Verde Islands should monitor the
progress of Bertha.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.
At 1100 am EDT...1500z...the center of Tropical Storm Bertha was
located near latitude 13.3 north...longitude 24.7 west or about 190
miles...310 km...south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
Bertha is moving toward the west-northwest near 14 mph...22 km/hr.
This general motion is expected to continue over the next couple of
days.
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph...65 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Some gradual strengthening is forecast during the next day
or two.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 35 miles...55 km
from the center.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 1006 mb...29.71 inches.
While the center of Bertha will be moving away from the southern
Cape Verde Islands today...outer rainbands are expected to bring
locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds to portions of the Cape
Verde Islands during the next 24 hours.
Repeating the 1100 am EDT position...13.3 N...24.7 W. Movement
toward...west-northwest near 14 mph. Maximum sustained winds...40
mph. Minimum central pressure...1006 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
500 PM EDT.
$$
Forecaster Brown
Is there a “we are all going to die” ping list?
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Oh great - just about my favorite storms /sarc Thanx for the ping.
I missed something.
Who and what was storm “A”?
Was that the one that rushed through Honduras or somewhere and messed up some hairdos?
no, no, no .. I won’t stand for this. Obama will bring change and we won’t have storms any more.
‘bertha?’ real original name.
| Tropical Storm Public Advisory |
...Bertha becomes the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season...
at 500 am AST...0900z...the center of Hurricane Bertha was located near latitude 19.3 north...longitude 50.2 west or about 845 miles... 1365 km...east of the northern Leeward Islands.
Bertha is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph...28 km/hr. A continued west-northwestward motion with a gradual decrease in forward speed is expected during the next couple of days...as Bertha remains over the waters of the central tropical Atlantic. It is still too early to determine if Bertha will eventually affect any land areas.
Maximum sustained winds have increased and are now near 75 mph...120 km/hr...with higher gusts. Some additional strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles...35 km...from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 115 miles...185 km.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 987 mb...29.15 inches.
Repeating the 500 am AST position...19.3 N...50.2 W. Movement toward...west-northwest near 17 mph. Maximum sustained winds...75 mph. Minimum central pressure...987 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 1100 am AST.
$$ Forecaster Knabb
That was the best they could do in order to create some false sense of alarm...They're desperate for hurricanes these days.
“I had to moooo-oooove
Really had to mooo-ooo-ooove
That’s why if ya please
I am on my bended knees
Bertha dontcha come around here any more”
(I just had to do that)
...Bertha strengthens to a major hurricane with 115 mph winds...
at 500 PM AST...2100z...the center of Hurricane Bertha was located
near latitude 20.1 north...longitude 52.1 west or about 730 miles...
1175 km...east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and about
1150 miles...1855 km...southeast of Bermuda.
Bertha is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph...19 km/hr.
A gradual turn toward the northwest with a decrease in forward speed
is expected over the next couple of days.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 115 mph...185
km/hr...with higher gusts. Bertha is now a category three hurricane
on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Fluctuations in intensity
are likely during the next day or two.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles...35 km...from
the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 115
miles...185 km.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 948 mb...27.99 inches.
Repeating the 500 PM AST position...20.1 N...52.1 W. Movement
toward...west-northwest near 12 mph. Maximum sustained winds...115
mph. Minimum central pressure...948 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
1100 PM AST.
$$
Forecaster Rhome