Bulletin: Tropical Depression #1 forms in the Carribbean sea-forecast to enter the Gulf of Mexico

[Politics_Guy25]

Source: National Hurricane Center

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WTNT31 KNHC 252159
TCPAT1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012010
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2010

...FIRST TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE ATLANTIC SEASON FORMS IN THE
WESTERN CARIBBEAN...


SUMMARY OF 600 PM EDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...16.5N 83.5W
ABOUT 355 MI...570 KM SE OF COZUMEL MEXICO
ABOUT 345 MI...555 KM ESE OF CHETUMAL MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB...29.65 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...


Read more: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT1+shtml/DDHHMM.shtml

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As I mentioned in a general discussion thread a week ago Sunday, the storm predicted by models has formed. It is forecast to travel in the general vicinity of the Central TX coast according to the forecast of the National Hurricane Center found here:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at1+shtml/215913.shtml?5-daynl#contents

It is likely that this storm will move further west than that and hit MX but it is also possible it could hit further east and closer to the gulf relief efforts.

The affect on the relief efforts will be interesting to see.

CNN TV has had extensive coverage of this within the last half hour.

[AlbertCat]

1. Don't forget the 2 hurricanes in the Pacific!

One was a Cat 5 y'know! Sure they move away from the Gulf and the continent into open waters, but it just shows it's that time again....big time.

[Auggie]

2. June 25... the first of how many?

[zeemike]

3. This could be a very unpleasant summer for the Gulf coast.

I read where the gulf waters are much warmer than usual and that means that any storm that gets into the gulf will intensify rapidly...
I have the feeling that this will be a summer of sorrow.

[Bobbieo]

5. It is already a 'summer of sorrows'.

[LisaL]

9. Clearly it already is a very unpleasant summer for the Gulf coast.

And that's before any hurricanes.

[ixion]

4. "That, Mr. Anderson, is the sound... of inevitability"

seems applicable in this context... :(

[Purveyor]

6. Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone from Storm Center

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT01/refresh/AL0110W5_NL_sm2+gif/215913W5_NL_sm.gif

[safeinOhio]

7. Could it push the oil away from NO

and toward Houston? I think some Texas Congress critters could use an oil bath.

[TheMadMonk]

8. Not likely. And unless it tracks to the extreme right of the predicted...

...path, unlikely to have much effect on relief efforts at all.