UPDATE: NOAA: Tropical Storm Rafael To Become Hurricane Today
Tropical Storm Rafael is located 165 miles south-southeast of St. Croix with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, with higher gusts. Tropical Storm Rafael is moving northwest at 9 miles per hour.
NOAA says that Tropical Storm Rafael has moved to the left of the previous estimate with the long-term average motion still toward the northwest. There is greater than normal uncertainty with regard to the intensity forecast. Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to continue north-northwest tonight with a turn towards the north on Saturday.
NOAA’s storm tracker predicts that the center of Rafael will move through the eastern Caribbean today over Puerto Rico.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the U.S. Virgin Island, British Virgin Island, Anguilla, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Montserrat, Saba, St. Eurstatius, St. Maartin. St. Martin, Guadeloupe, Desirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques.
Spaghetti models are generally in agreement that Tropical Storm Rafael will take a northerly track over the next few days:
NOAA says that Tropical Depression Patty is expected to become a remnant low today or Sunday.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic, tropical cyclone formation is not expected to occur during the next 48 hours.
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WTNT32 KNHC 131141
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 3A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL172012
800 AM AST SAT OCT 13 2012
...RAFAEL PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES AS IT MOVES
NORTHWESTWARD...
SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...15.5N 63.9W
ABOUT 165 MI...265 KM SSE OF ST. CROIX
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
* BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
* ANGUILLA...BARBUDA...ST. KITTS... NEVIS...ANTIGUA...AND MONTSERRAT
* SABA...ST. EUSTATIUS...AND ST. MAARTIN
* ST. MARTIN
* GUADELOUPE...DESIRADE...LES SAINTES...MARIE GALANTE
* MARTINIQUE
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 48 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL WAS
LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR
LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.9 WEST. RAFAEL IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...
THE CENTER OF RAFAEL SHOULD BE MOVING NEAR OR OVER THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280
KM...TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS
1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LESSER
ANTILLES AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA
TODAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PUERTO RICO...
CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
RAINFALL...RAFAEL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3
TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...OVER THE
LESSER ANTILLES AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS
OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LESSER ANTILLES
AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH SUNDAY.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.
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FORECASTER BRENNAN/CANGIALOSI
000
WTNT31 KNHC 130832
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION PATTY ADVISORY NUMBER 8
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL162012
500 AM EDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...PATTY EXPECTED TO BECOME A REMNANT LOW LATER TODAY...
SUMMARY OF 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...25.5N 71.9W
ABOUT 280 MI...445 KM ENE OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB...29.77 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 500 AM EDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION PATTY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.9 WEST. THE
DEPRESSION IS STATIONARY...BUT A SLOW WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY. THIS GENERAL MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE
UNTIL DISSIPATION.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. PATTY IS FORECAST TO
DISSIPATE LATER TODAY OR SUNDAY.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
NONE.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT.
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FORECASTER AVILA
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