Wave coming off Africa

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Wave coming off Africa

#1 Postby WeatherNLU » Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:21 am

The wave coming off of Africa right now has blown up in the last 6 hours. Will be interesting to see if it holds together, since Danielle is a fish and Earl looks to be on life support via the Venezuelan government.
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#2 Postby abajan » Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:04 am

That Cape Verde wave was mentioned in the latest TWO.
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#3 Postby Thunder44 » Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:24 am

The TWO this morning seems to be messed up. They have Hurricane Danielle advisory info in there. :lol:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MI ... 0957.shtml?

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ABNT20 KNHC 160957
TWOAT

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...

HURRICANE DANIELLE ADVISORY

...DANIELLE MAINTAINS ITS CURRENT STRENGTH...

AT 5 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DANIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 36.3 WEST OR ABOUT 820 MILES...
WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 970 MILLIBARS...28.64 INCHES.
TROPICAL STORM EARL ADVISORY

...EARL CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN SEA...

AT 5 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.2 WEST OR ABOUT 410
MILES...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MILLIBARS...29.80 INCHES.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.

ELSWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 350 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A
WESTWARD-MOVING TROPICAL WAVE. SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL STORM FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH
TUESDAY.
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wave south-east of cap verde Islands is developing

#4 Postby OURAGAN » Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:14 am

The wave is developing, convection is growing.
I think is something to watch.
Here is the link:

http://aviationweather.gov/data/obs/sat ... O-A_bw.jpg
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