Tropical Depression 12 5 pm Tue

[TVMet]

BULLETIN

TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE ADVISORY NUMBER 1

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

5 PM EDT TUE AUG 23 2005

 

...TWELFTH DEPRESSION OF THE SEASON FORMS OVER THE BAHAMAS...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ISSUED...

 

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A

TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. THIS

INCLUDES CAT ISLAND...THE EXUMAS...LONG ISLAND...RUM CAY...

SAN SALVADOR...NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS... THE ABACOS... ANDROS ISLAND

...BERRY ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...

AND NEW PROVIDENCE.

 

A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN FLORIDA LATER TONIGHT.

 

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE

INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED

BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

 

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE WAS

ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 75.5 WEST OR ABOUT

175 MILES... 280 KM... SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU.

 

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH

...13 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR

THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS INDICATED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT DATA

AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ARE NEAR 35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...

AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY WEDNESDAY.

 

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

 

TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER

PORTIONS OF THE BAHAMAS...AND ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA...

WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE

NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA.

 

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...

ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED

NEAR THE CENTER IN AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE BAHAMAS.

 

Latest Satellite...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/WATL/IR4/20.jpg

 

Forecast...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT12/refresh/AL1205W5+gif/204602W_sm.gif

[mojo4trav]

Some images for all...FYI, they will auto-update:

 

images courtesy of wunderground.com

[kenandlaura06]

Yuck! Enough already Mother Nature!