Tropical Update – Wednesday Evening 9/28/11 8 PM EDT

Hello to all..

The Tropics have 2 named systems in the Atlantic and 1 named system in the Eastern Pacific. None of these systems are a threat to land at this time. Here is an update:

Ophelia regenerated yesterday as a tropical depression and became a tropical storm this morning. Despite some shear, Ophelia is expected to intensify and may become a hurricane in the next few days. Ophelia is largely a threat to shipping interests as a trough over the Eastern United States keeps Ophelia out over the open Atlantic. There is an outside chance of Ophelia brushing Bermuda. Towards the end of the 5-day period, Ophelia may threaten Newfoundland as a post tropical system.

Philippe reamins a tropical storm but is being strongly sheared. Philippe is expected to see little change in strength followed by weakening to a tropical depression and then a post-tropical system over the next few days. Philippe will remain out over the open Atlantic and a threat only to shipping interests.

In the Eastern Pacific, Hillary remains a hurricane but is expected to rapidly weaken to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression and then a remnant low over the next 48 hours. Hillary is expected to reamin a threat only to shipping interests while it is a tropical system.

Advisories on Ophelia and Philippe in the Atlantic and Hillary in the Eastern Pacific and the Tropical Weather Outlooks for each basin can be found under the Main Menu of the voipwx.net web site under Atlantic and Pacific Tropical products respectively. The info is also available via the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will continue to closely monitor the tropics. 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..

The Tropics have 2 named systems in the Atlantic and 1 named system in the Eastern Pacific. None of these systems are a threat to land at this time. Here is an update:

Ophelia regenerated yesterday as a tropical depression and became a tropical storm this morning. Despite some shear, Ophelia is expected to intensify and may become a hurricane in the next few days. Ophelia is largely a threat to shipping interests as a trough over the Eastern United States keeps Ophelia out over the open Atlantic. There is an outside chance of Ophelia brushing Bermuda. Towards the end of the 5-day period, Ophelia may threaten Newfoundland as a post tropical system.

Philippe reamins a tropical storm but is being strongly sheared. Philippe is expected to see little change in strength followed by weakening to a tropical depression and then a post-tropical system over the next few days. Philippe will remain out over the open Atlantic and a threat only to shipping interests.

In the Eastern Pacific, Hillary remains a hurricane but is expected to rapidly weaken to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression and then a remnant low over the next 48 hours. Hillary is expected to reamin a threat only to shipping interests while it is a tropical system.

Advisories on Ophelia and Philippe in the Atlantic and Hillary in the Eastern Pacific and the Tropical Weather Outlooks for each basin can be found under the Main Menu of the voipwx.net web site under Atlantic and Pacific Tropical products respectively. The info is also available via the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will continue to closely monitor the tropics. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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