Weather Spectrum

Ernesto back over Water - Strengthening

Thu, 9 Aug 2012 06:35:00 GMT

As of the 1 AM update from the National Hurricane Center - Reconnaissance aircraft finds Ernesto strengthening and reorganizing. New Convection is exploding over the open water to the north of the center as seen in the satellite image below.The center is expected to remain offshore for about 12-18 hours, and it seems Ernesto could regain hurricane strength in that amount of time considering the increasing intensity found by the Hurricane Hunter aircraft.At 1AM Erne...
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Tropical Storm Ernesto+

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 03:02:00 GMT

It is beginning to look like someone flipped the hurricane switch to the "ON" position. Currently there are three areas that the National Hurricane Center is watching. The first, Tropical Storm Ernesto, the second is an area of disturbed weather near the southern tip of Florida and Bahamas, and the third is so far out right now that even though it could become a depression or tropical storm in the next 48 hours it looks like it is at a high enough latitude to turn...
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Tropical Storm Ernesto+

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 03:00:00 GMT

Tropical Storm Ernesto

Fri, 3 Aug 2012 02:16:00 GMT

As of early this afternoon, the Hurricane Hunter aircraft, while investigating Tropical Depression 5, found maximum sustained winds of 45 KTS or 52 MPH. That makes TD5 Tropical Storm Ernesto.Tropical Storm ErnestoCurrent Distance from Galveston, TX – 2,290 miles!! That distance is about the same as the distance between Seattle, Washington and Galveston, TX. That’s still a very long way out.As of 7pm CDT, the system continues to kind of pulse with strong conve...
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Tropical Depression 5

Thu, 2 Aug 2012 02:27:00 GMT

It's August 1st!! That means we're quickly approaching the peak of hurricane season.Here is an image showing where the peak is based on the total number of storms on any given date over the last 100 years.Here is another image showing favorable areas for development and likely tracks for systems developing in August (top) and September (bottom).Today, as if on cue, Tropical Depression 5 develops in the Atlantic. Let's get to it...Tropical Depression 5Current Distan...
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