Three Tropical Systems in the Atlantic
Keeping up with the rapid pace of tropical storm development is becoming difficult. Even though Hurricane Katrina passed through New Orleans just over a week ago, there have been four more tropical systems in the Western Atlantic.
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Lee was a two day wonder that started in the middle of the Atlantic on August 28th, then fizzled out the next day. It made another brief reappearance on the last day of the month, and again went nowhere, and the storm was downgraded on the first of September.
That same day, the Hurricane Center issued its first advisory on what would become Hurricane Maria. She is still active, and is moving northeast, away from the United States. Tropical Storm Nate is expected to develop into a hurricane sometime later today, and start moving northeast towards Bermuda, which might be affected.
What should capture the interest of those of us in the Southeast is newly identified Tropical Depression Sixteen. This storm has developed out of low pressure in the Caribbean Sea, and is presently stationary, about 130 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Wind speeds are measured at 30 MPH.
The depression is expected to develop into Tropical Storm Ophelia sometime later tonight or tomorrow. Her initial slow movement is forecast to bring lots of rain to northern Florida. As she picks up speed, the center of the storm is expected to pass near Jacksonville, and then through the Valdosta, Georgia area my midday Sunday, and finally, as a tropical low, head towards Atlanta. However, since the storm is not yet really moving, there is a lot of variability in where it might go, and how quickly it will get there.
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