TD #12 On Verge Of Becoming Tropical Storm; May Become Katia Early Tuesday

Good evening everyone. Before I get started, I just wanted to let everyone know that I still have the weather station at home running on battery power. I guess you can say that Duracells live up to their hype.

Unfortunately, I don’t know how much longer it will be able to hold out. In addition, the data logger that transports the data from my weather station to my computer does begin to throw out data when it reaches a certain limit. The important thing though is that it is working.

Now, on to the task at hand. We are still watching the tropical depression in the Eastern Atlantic. The latest on TD #12 is that it may become a tropical storm as soon as the next advisory early Tuesday morning. The forecast is still calling for it to be a Category Two Hurricane north of the Lesser Antilles by Thursday night.

As of the 11:00 PM EDT Advisory, Tropical Depression Twelve was located some 460 miles to the Southwest of the Southernmost Cape Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds are at 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 45 miles per hour. Minimum central pressure is estimated at 1008 millibars, or 29.77 inches of Hg. Estimates on winds and pressure are based on satellite imagery.

TD #12 is presently moving to the West-Northwest at 15 miles per hour. The latest discussion indicates that the depression is expected to be a storm within 12 hours, and a hurricane within about 60 hours. The system is no threat to land at this time.