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Nicole is tropical!

#1 Postby hurricanefreak1988 » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:30 pm

http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/text/tro ... TNT35.KNHC

Good for her, but she's not going to do much of anything from here on out...
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#2 Postby wxman57 » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:40 pm

Uh, I don't think so. Broad center about 80 miles across, no convection within 150 miles of the center. Not even remotely tropical, no matter what the NHC says. Not a storm, either, according to Dvorak (1.5). "Otto" looks much better near the Azores. And the NHC discussion says it's subtropical:

WS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN OCT 10 2004

WHILE NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY...NICOLE REMAINS A
SIGNIFICANT SUBTROPICAL STORM AS INDICATED BY A RECENT PRESSURE
REPORT OF 995 MB FROM BERMUDA. AS IS THE CASE WITH SUBTROPICAL
CYCLONES...MOST OF THE CONVECTION WITH NICOLE IS DISPLACED WELL
EAST OF THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER.
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#3 Postby senorpepr » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:01 pm

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WTNT35 KNHC 110252
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
SUBTROPICAL STORM NICOLE ADVISORY NUMBER 4...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN OCT 10 2004

CORRECTED TROPICAL NICOLE TO READ SUBTROPICAL STORM NICOLE
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#4 Postby hurricanefreak1988 » Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:14 pm

Yep, turns out it was a screwup. Oh well.
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