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TS Fay Could Develop Today; Headed for Florida Straits by Weekend |
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08/12/2008 |
From the state EOC:
A tropical wave in the central Atlantic Ocean about 750 miles east of the Leeward Islands is becoming better organized. Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to investigate the system this afternoon. Though moderate wind shear lies to the north of the wave and drier air lies to the west, environmental conditions are favorable enough for gradual development, and this system could become a tropical depression during the next couple of days as it moves west at about 15mph. Most computer models keep this system fairly weak, on a west-northwest track towards Puerto Rico and the Turks and Caicos this week before potentially moving into the Florida Straits by the end of the week or during the weekend.
A large area of disturbed weather further eastward, southwest of the Cape Verde Islands, has changed little in organization over the past 24 hours. This wave also has the potential for slow development over the next few days as it moves westward around 10-15mph. Long-range computer models are coming into better agreement, curving the wave northward out to sea.
Elsewhere, storm activity associated with a tropical wave in the southern-central Caribbean Sea near Panama and Costa Rica is diminishing. This system is not expected to develop.
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