More Threats On The Horizon?

In light of everything that has happened with Hurricane Irene, residents want to keep one foot in front of the other, and focus on clean-up and recovery efforts.  However, people should have this information in the back of their minds.  In my last post to the blog, I mentioned that we still have three more  months of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season.

With that said, there are two systems now lurking in the Atlantic.  On Sunday, Tropical Storm Jose formed, and tracked just West of the island of Bermuda on Monday morning.  Only minimal tropical storm, Jose has dissipated to a remnant low, and moving into the cooler waters of the North Atlantic south of Nova Scotia.  The bigger concern is farther to the south and east in the Tropical Atlantic.

Early Tuesday morning, the twelfth tropical depression of the season developed in the Eastern Atlantic.  As of the 5:00 PM EDT Advisory from the NHC, the depression is located some 415 miles to the Southwest of the Southernmost Cape Verde Islands, and moving to the  west at 14 miles per hour.  Maximum sustained winds with the depression are estimated to be 35 miles per hour with the minimum central pressure at 1008 millibars, or 29.77 inches of Hg.

Maximum wind gusts associated with the depression are at 45 miles per hour, and the latest forecast discussion from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida indicated that the system will become a storm in 12 hours.  Looking further out in the intensity forecasts, the depression is expected to become a hurricane within 72 hours and a Category Two storm on the Saffir-Simpson Scale within five days.

Meanwhile, the forecast track is calling for TD #12 to stay north of the islands at five days.  So, it wouldn’t be a bad idea if you keep an eye on The Weather Channel, or check the NHC web site for updates on this developing storm.