Tropical wave has shot at becoming earliest recorded 'Cape Verde' storm ( Invest 92L)
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Tropical wave has shot at becoming earliest recorded 'Cape Verde' storm
By ELIOT KLEINBERG
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
A strong tropical wave just off the west coast of Africa has the potential to become a rare July "Cape Verde" storm, the National Hurricane Center said today.
Should it become Tropical Storm Bertha in the next few days, it would mark the earliest on record that a tropical storm has formed this far east, hurricane center specialist Eric Blake said this morning.
He noted many could have formed in this area in the centuries before they could be spotted with satellites.
The system is becoming better organized and could become a tropical depression over the next few days, the hurricane center said in the 2 a.m. update of its "tropical weather outlook" page.
While it's early in the season, and the storm wouldn't threaten the U.S. east coast for at least a week, its circumstances are "extremely rare," Blake said.
"It's not normally a good sign when they start this early," he said.
"The models are taking the system to the west," Blake said. But, he said, "this is a long ways away. We have a lot of time to watch this one."
Tropical Storm Arthur, which formed May 31, lasted only a few days but brought heavy rains to Belize, killing five and causing about $78 million in damage, according to the hurricane center.
"Cape Verde" storms are so named because they form in the island chain off Africa's west coast and so have several days to traverse an entire ocean, fueling on its warm water, before they approach the U.S. east coast.
Such storms traditionally form later in the summer, when waters are warmer.
This system stood early today about 330 miles southeast of the Cape Verde Islands and was moving west about 15 mph.
Also Invest 93 which is down around the Antilles at present...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/c...0702storm.html
Tropical wave has shot at becoming earliest recorded 'Cape Verde' storm
By ELIOT KLEINBERG
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
A strong tropical wave just off the west coast of Africa has the potential to become a rare July "Cape Verde" storm, the National Hurricane Center said today.
Should it become Tropical Storm Bertha in the next few days, it would mark the earliest on record that a tropical storm has formed this far east, hurricane center specialist Eric Blake said this morning.
He noted many could have formed in this area in the centuries before they could be spotted with satellites.
The system is becoming better organized and could become a tropical depression over the next few days, the hurricane center said in the 2 a.m. update of its "tropical weather outlook" page.
While it's early in the season, and the storm wouldn't threaten the U.S. east coast for at least a week, its circumstances are "extremely rare," Blake said.
"It's not normally a good sign when they start this early," he said.
"The models are taking the system to the west," Blake said. But, he said, "this is a long ways away. We have a lot of time to watch this one."
Tropical Storm Arthur, which formed May 31, lasted only a few days but brought heavy rains to Belize, killing five and causing about $78 million in damage, according to the hurricane center.
"Cape Verde" storms are so named because they form in the island chain off Africa's west coast and so have several days to traverse an entire ocean, fueling on its warm water, before they approach the U.S. east coast.
Such storms traditionally form later in the summer, when waters are warmer.
This system stood early today about 330 miles southeast of the Cape Verde Islands and was moving west about 15 mph.
Also Invest 93 which is down around the Antilles at present...
