Tropical Storm Gordon Could Form Today

 

MIAMI, Florida -- At 5 p.m. on August 10, 2012 Eastern Daylight Time, NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, issued a public advisory which says that Tropical Depression 7 could strengthen into Tropical Storm Gordon by today.  


Tropical Depression 7 in the Atlantic Ocean is located 930 miles east of the Windward Islands moving west at 20 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour.

NOAA's storm tracker has Tropical Depression 7 following nearly the identical path as Tropical Storm Ernesto which is finishing its second pass over Mexico.

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NOAA's Official Public Advisory for Tropical Depression 7:

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WTNT32 KNHC 100840
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BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072012
500 AM AST FRI AUG 10 2012

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING RAPIDLY WESTWARD...NO CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...


SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...13.6N 47.2W
ABOUT 930 MI...1495 KM E OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

INTERESTS IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
THIS SYSTEM. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES COULD BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 47.2 WEST. THE
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE DEPRESSION WILL APPROACH THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS SATURDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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NONE


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM AST.

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FORECASTER BROWN