Posted on 09/08/2010 11:00:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
...IGOR BRINGING SQUALLY WEATHER TO THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...
SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...13.7N 23.7W ABOUT 80 MI...130 KM S OF PRAIA IN THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...INCLUDING MAIO...SAO TIAGO... FOGO...AND BRAVA
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IGOR WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 23.7 WEST. IGOR IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IGOR SHOULD PASS SOUTH OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS BY TOMORROW.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...85 KM FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WINDS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT.
RAINFALL...IGOR COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM AST.
$$ FORECASTER BLAKE/PASCH
ping!
Is the storm’s name pronounced EEE-GORE or EYE-GORE? Hell, why don’t we just call it AL-GORE?
Algore sounds right to me!......................dangerous hot air, confused and disorganized.................
Hump?....What hump?................
Well, they were wrong then, weren’t they?
Damn your eye(s)!
Too late!
I used to work with a guy who had Marty Feldman eyes!............
LOL!!!!! I nearly fell off my chair!!! Everyone in my office is staring at me for laughing out loud.
‘zactly what I was thinking, thank you!
Thank you for being part of what I love about Free Republic!
Very funny. :-)
Igor or Algore?
Both!.............
...on St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans. It’s a good place for a Hurricane.
(The drink, I mean. Actually, the Bloody Marys are even better.)
This storm may become......
Abby-normal
Assuming that Igor keeps coming this way, he won’t be getting here until the second half of the month.
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