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August 22, 2005

New action in the tropics

UPDATE: 5:25PM EDT MON AUG 22 2005
...RECONNIASSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION ELEVEN
HAS BECOME TROPICAL STORM JOSE...

SHORTLY AFTER 400 PM CDT... RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN TROPICAL STORM JOSE WERE NEAR 45 MPH.
DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY...
MAINLY TO UPDATE THE INTENSITY FORECAST.

Earlier posting:The National Hurricane Center this morning announced the formation of the 11th tropical depression of the 2005 Atlantic season. It's an area of storminess in the Bay of Campeche, Mexico. That's due south of Houston, Texas, but the storm is moving westward, and is expected to move onshore in Mexico tonight.

If it attains tropical storm status before landfall, this will become TS Jose. Here's a satellite image of this new area of disturbed weather.

Forecasters are also watching two other areas of disturbed weather in the tropical Atlantic. One is a few hundred miles from the Cape Verde Islands, off West Africa. The other is near Cuba and Hispaniola. Here is the discussion, which includes the storm forming off the Mexican Gulf coast.

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