Tropical Storm Erika Forms in the Atlantic

Hello to all…

As stated earlier today, Recon Aircraft investigated the system east of the Leeward Islands and its investigation found Tropical Storm Erika with Maximum Sustained winds of 50 MPH and located about 390 Miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands. Erika has the possibility of affecting portions of the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with tropical storm force conditions or it could stay over the open waters of the Atlantic with minimal impact to the islands. Erika is expected to slowly intensify at first and then may weaken for a bit before intensifying later in the period and potentially reaching hurricane strength late in the period or after the 120 hour time period. Its intensity may also determine the track with a weaker system being steered more to the west while a stronger system may be steered more toward the northwest. Future model runs and the intensity of Erika will better define the track. The advisory information for Erika can be found at the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at http://www.voipwx.net off the Main Menu of the web site. It can also be seen at the National Hurricane Center web site via the link below:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

VoIP Hurricane Net Activation for Erika doesn’t appear to be needed for several days. That said, the VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of Erika for any changes in track, intensity and anything unexpected from the system. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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

Hello to all…

As stated earlier today, Recon Aircraft investigated the system east of the Leeward Islands and its investigation found Tropical Storm Erika with Maximum Sustained winds of 50 MPH and located about 390 Miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands. Erika has the possibility of affecting portions of the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with tropical storm force conditions or it could stay over the open waters of the Atlantic with minimal impact to the islands. Erika is expected to slowly intensify at first and then may weaken for a bit before intensifying later in the period and potentially reaching hurricane strength late in the period or after the 120 hour time period. Its intensity may also determine the track with a weaker system being steered more to the west while a stronger system may be steered more toward the northwest. Future model runs and the intensity of Erika will better define the track. The advisory information for Erika can be found at the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at http://www.voipwx.net off the Main Menu of the web site. It can also be seen at the National Hurricane Center web site via the link below:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

VoIP Hurricane Net Activation for Erika doesn’t appear to be needed for several days. That said, the VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of Erika for any changes in track, intensity and anything unexpected from the system. 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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