By The Associated Press | AP
Published: June 26, 2010
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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.
Source: http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/8/15/508830.html?title=Tropical+Storm+Ana+forms+in+the+Atlantic
Tropical Depression ONE
000
WTNT31 KNHC 281449
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012009
1100 AM EDT THU MAY 28 2009
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...
SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT
PASSED TO THE EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS YESTERDAY HAS BECOME A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION...THE FIRST OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON.
AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.0 WEST OR ABOUT
310 MILES...500 KM...SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND AND ABOUT 635
MILES...1020 KM...SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS.
THE DEPRESSION IS NOT EXPECTED TO THREATEN ANY LAND AREAS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR SO...BUT THEN IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR DISSIPATE
OVER COLDER WATERS BY SATURDAY.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...37.3N 71.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST OR 50 DEGREES AT 17 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM EDT.
$$
FORECASTER FRANKLIN/BEVEN
Source: NHC NOAA
