Hello to all….

TD #3 has become Tropical Storm Chantal in the open waters of the North Atlantic. Chantal is expected to transition into an extratropical system in the next day or so and could cause problems for shipping interests as a large extratropical system.

A system east of the Southern Windward Islands is still being monitored for development though it has become a bit less organized in the last few hours. Environmental conditions still remain favorable for development and the system should continue to be montiored through the Tropical Weather Outlook posted by the National Hurricane Center.

Information on Chantal and the system east of the Southern Windward Islands can be found on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at http://www.voipwx.net

Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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Hello to all….

Tropical Depression 3 has formed in the Atlantic, halfway between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Bermuda. The depression is moving North-Northeast away from land areas. The depression may briefly strengthen into a tropical storm before becoming a strong extratropical system over the open waters of the North Atlantic. If the system were to be named, it would be called Chantal.

Another system is trying to organize 800 miles east of the southern Windward Islands and environmental conditions are favorable for development. This will need to be monitored for further development so please monitor the Tropical Weather Outlook for the Atlantic for more information.

The Tropics are becoming more active. Now is the time to prepare as we head into the active portion of Hurricane Season. The VoIP Hurricane Net management team will continue to closely monitor these developments over the next few days. Thanks for the continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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Hello to all….

The National Hurricane Center will be starting to issue a new Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook on Sunday July 15th, 2007. Details on what this outlook is can be seen on the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgtwo.shtml

This can be another helpful tool in preparing in advance for a tropical system. People who use the product will be allowed to give comments and feedback by using a web survey or email address as listed in the feedback and comments section provided in the link above.

The Tropics remain quiet but it is still quite early in the season. Recall 2004 when the first named system wasn’t until August and then a steady wave of landfalling and significant tropical systems occurred. Remain vigilant to the threat of tropical systems as we approach the more active tropical months of August and September.

Thanks to all for your continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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