Tropical Depression (TD) 4 Forms in the Atlantic

Hello to all..

The area of disturbed weather north of the Dominican Republic has now been classified as Tropical Depression 4 with maximum sustained winds of 35 MPH. The government of the Bahamas has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the southeast and central Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. TD 4 is expected to move through the Bahama Island chain and is expected to intensify into a tropical storm within 12 to 24 hours. If TD 4 does this as expected, it will be named Cristobal. TD 4 could potentially reach hurricane strength in approximately 72 hours per the initial forecast guidance from the National Hurricane Center. The current track brings TD 4 parallel to the US East Coast but model tracks are highly divergent and it will likely take at least 24 hours for model solutions to coalesce on a specific track.

Advisories on TD 4 can be found off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site and on the voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds. This information can also be seen off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will be closely monitoring the progress of TD 4. 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 area of disturbed weather north of the Dominican Republic has now been classified as Tropical Depression 4 with maximum sustained winds of 35 MPH. The government of the Bahamas has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the southeast and central Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. TD 4 is expected to move through the Bahama Island chain and is expected to intensify into a tropical storm within 12 to 24 hours. If TD 4 does this as expected, it will be named Cristobal. TD 4 could potentially reach hurricane strength in approximately 72 hours per the initial forecast guidance from the National Hurricane Center. The current track brings TD 4 parallel to the US East Coast but model tracks are highly divergent and it will likely take at least 24 hours for model solutions to coalesce on a specific track.

Advisories on TD 4 can be found off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site and on the voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds. This information can also be seen off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will be closely monitoring the progress of TD 4. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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