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Alex Forecast Track - Zoom Level 1

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TROPICAL STORM ALEX INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 15A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012010
700 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2010

…HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS ALEX MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST…

SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT…1200 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…22.5N 92.7W
ABOUT 335 MI…540 KM ESE OF LA PESCA MEXICO
ABOUT 380 MI…610 KM SE OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…70 MPH…110 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 12 MPH…19 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…983 MB…29.03 INCHES
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By The Associated Press | AP
Published: June 26, 2010

Most storm prediction models show it traveling over the Yucatan Peninsula over the weekend and into the southern Gulf by Monday

NEW ORLEANS – Tropical weather gathering strength in the Caribbean could be the latest bad news for BP crews trying to contain and clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf, an effort that has been plagued with setbacks for more than two months.

It is still too early to tell exactly wheretropical storm Alex might go how it might affect oil on and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said. An armada of ships is working on the spill. That includes those drilling two relief wells, projected to be done by mid-August, and the best hope of halting the crude that has been gushing since April 20 in the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

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Tropical Storm Ana has developed in the Atlantic Ocean.

BAY NEWS 9 — Tropical Storm Ana has formed in the Atlantic Ocean.

What was once Tropical Depression 2 has reorganized into the first tropical storm of the season.

According to current computer models, Ana may possibly reach the Bahamas Thursday morning.

Florida could feel Ana’s impact Thursday evening or Friday morning.

However, Bay News 9 meteorologist Diane Kacmarik said the computer models don’t have a good handle on the path of the storm and that she expects the storm track will change as it moves west.

In addition, Kacmarik said some computer models have the storm dissipating before making landfall.

Ana is likely to strengthen over Atlantic waters, and that it could threaten land.

The winds within the storm have been clocked at 40 mph. Ana is forecast to slowly strengthen over the next two days.

The 5 a.m. weather advisory from the NHC puts the storm 1,010 miles east of the Leeward Islands and is moving 16 mph to the west.

Forecasters are also watching a possible storm system just behind Ana.