A major wave with an accompaning low preassure center is developing east of the Winward Islands. Someone from all the schools should monitor this storm.
The official weatherstatement is as follows:
A large tropical wave accompanied by a surface low pressure iscentered about 950 miles east of the Windward Islands. This systemis remains well-organized and upper-level winds appear to besomewhat favorable for development. A tropical depression couldform today as the system moves west-northwestward at 15 mph.
A broad and ill-defined area of low pressure is located about 550miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Shower activityassociated with this system remains poorly organized... andupper-level winds are expected to remain unfavorable for tropicalcyclone formation.
Elsewhere... tropical storm formation is not expected throughMonday.
Forecaster Knabb
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A large tropical wave accompanied by a surface low pressure iscentered about 950 miles east of the Windward Islands. This systemis remains well-organized and upper-level winds appear to besomewhat favorable for development. A tropical depression couldform today as the system moves west-northwestward at 15 mph.
A broad and ill-defined area of low pressure is located about 550miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Shower activityassociated with this system remains poorly organized... andupper-level winds are expected to remain unfavorable for tropicalcyclone formation.
Elsewhere... tropical storm formation is not expected throughMonday.
Forecaster Knabb
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WeathermanN.C. Ronald PhDTVMDL-TAMU
n-ronald@tamu.edu