Atlantic Tropical Update – Saturday 8/23/14 800 AM EDT/1200 UTC
Hello to all..
The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team continues to closely monitor an area of disturbed weather near the northern coast of the Dominican Republic and Hispaniola. It continues to become better organized and is expected to become a tropical depression or tropical storm later today or Sunday. The disturbance is expected to continue to move west-northwestward into the Southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands today and the Central Bahamas on Sunday with the potential for heavy rainfall and flash flooding/mudslides and strong winds. Strong winds and heavy rainfall are occurring in Hispaniola the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico this Saturday Morning. Interests in these areas should continue to closely monitor the progress of this system. This system has an 80% chance for development in the next 48 hours and a 90% chance for development over the next 5 days. The Tropical Weather Outlook can be seen off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site and our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds. It can also be seen via the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of this 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..
The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team continues to closely monitor an area of disturbed weather near the northern coast of the Dominican Republic and Hispaniola. It continues to become better organized and is expected to become a tropical depression or tropical storm later today or Sunday. The disturbance is expected to continue to move west-northwestward into the Southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands today and the Central Bahamas on Sunday with the potential for heavy rainfall and flash flooding/mudslides and strong winds. Strong winds and heavy rainfall are occurring in Hispaniola the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico this Saturday Morning. Interests in these areas should continue to closely monitor the progress of this system. This system has an 80% chance for development in the next 48 hours and a 90% chance for development over the next 5 days. The Tropical Weather Outlook can be seen off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site and our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds. It can also be seen via the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of this system. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net