Tropical depression forms off Carolinas
Hurricane forecasters in Miami have reported the development of the season's second tropical depression, a couple of hundred miless southeast of the Outer Banks. It's not a tropical storm yet. But it's the first disturbance to get the Hurricane Center's interest since Tropical Storm Alberto formed in the Gulf early last month. Tropical storm watches have been issued for eastern North Carolina.
Here's the latest advisory. Here's the view from space. There's a great deal of uncertainty in the discussion about where this weather system will go. It could move onto the North Carolina and Virginia coasts or out to sea. Here's the official forecast track, for now. If it does go ashore, it will likely threaten no more than lots of rain. You can watch for new developments and advisories at the National Hurricane Center website.
Comments
Here's a link to the near real-time Vis loop. GOES-12 went into rapid scan mode a couple of hours ago (posted at 3:15pm EST)
Posted by: das | July 18, 2006 3:19 PM
Well, let's try this hyperlink again. First time posting here...
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/get-goes?satellite=GOES-E%20CONUS&info=vis&lat=32.09&lon=-73.07&zoom=1&quality=90&width=1000&height=800&type=Animation&numframes=25
Posted by: das | July 18, 2006 3:21 PM