Archive for August 18th, 2015

Tropical Depression Four

Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

As of 11 AM, the NHC upgraded storm 96L to tropical depression status, with the new name of TD4. The storm has winds of 35 MPH and a central pressure of 1009 MB. It is moving towards the west at 13 MPH, and is at least a week away from land. The current track has TD4 curving slightly towards the south on Friday, putting the storm on a course south of Cuba.

As to intensity, the storm is forecast to be upgraded to a tropical storm later today, and a hurricane by Friday. If TD4 does become a named storm, it will be named Claudette.

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96L

Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

For the last several days, storm system 96L has been gaining strength and trying to organize. Today might be the day. Storm 96L currently has winds of 30 MPH and is about ten days from the Georgia coast, assuming its eventual track leads it here. According to the NHC the storm had a 90 percent chance of becoming tropical sometime today.

The tracks on this storm, provided by Weather Underground, have trended a bit towards the north since yesterday. It’s looking like this storm might be a coastal one, rather than a Gulf storm. Again, ten days away.

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