Archive for July 29th, 2014

Storm 93L

Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

I’ve been watching a new storm, designated 93L by the NOAA, develop in the eastern Atlantic and it looks like it might be declared tropical within the next 48 hours. Storm 93L is currently about 2500 miles from the United States and will take more than a week to get here. If 93L becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Bertha.

As of the 8 AM NHC outlook, 93L had a 70 percent chance of further development in the next 48 hours and an 80 percent chance within the next five days. The storm has winds of 35 MPH and a central pressure of 1010 MB. The storm is fairly large in extent, more than 400 miles from side to side. The current tracks have the storm curving past Florida and Georgia and making a close pass by the Outer Banks in about 10 days. Evan as a non-tropical storm, it could influence our weather, giving us some heavy surf.