Worldwide Tropical Update

[senorpepr]

Okay... several storms out there, but only Henri is toying with land right now. But we'll have to keep an eye on the others in the future.

Atlantic Basin:
Category 2 Hurricane Fabian (10L): 37.3N 059.3W, 583NM SE of Brunswick, ME. Currently Fabian's winds are at 110mph and is forecast to weaken as it merges with a frontal boundry that produced windy conditions up and down the east coast this week. Shouldn't effect land for a while, but Iceland and/or Norway may see Fabian late this week or early next week as a significant extratropical storm.

Tropical Depression Henri (12L): 28.7N 081.2W, 100NM SSW of Jacksonville, FL. Henri currently has winds of 35mph and is forecast to slightly strengthen as it moves into the Atlantic Ocean. However, Henri will be caught up in the same frontal boundary that Fabian will get into, so expect Henri to become extratropical within a few days. Here's some local observations in Florida.....

Ocala> Ceiling: 1900ft, Wind: 010° 09g15kt
Jacksonville> Ceiling: 1800ft, Vis: 6mi, Weather: Mist, Wind: 020° 16kt
Mayport> Ceiling: 1200ft, Wind: 020° 17g24kt
Cecil Field> Ceiling: 1000ft, Wind: 010° 12g19kt
Jax'ville/Craig> Ceiling: 700-1200ft, Vis: 4mi, Weather: Light rain and mist, Wind: 010° 11kt
St. Augustine> Ceiling: 1100ft, Wind: 360° 14g19kt

Tropical Storm Isabel (13L): 13.4N 035.4W, 1806NM E of Roosevelt Roads, PR. Current winds: 50mph. Expect Isabel during grow into at least a category 1 hurricane within the next few days, possibilty stronger. She could be a big news maker this week as she heads towards the Leeward Islands.

NE Pacific Basin:
Tropical Depression Kevin (11E): 23.6N 118.5W. Kevin currently has winds of 30mph and is expected to continue dissipating.

NW Pacific Basin:
Tropical Storm Maemi (15W): 16.6N 139.0E. Maemi currently has winds of 60mph and is expected to continue strengthening. The official forecast calls Maemi to grow into a category 4 typhoon within the next week. This will be a system to watch has it bears down on the Korean Peninsula and Japan towards next weekend. I notice something unique though, in the NWPAC we're at system number 15. In the Atlantic, number 13. How often does the Atlantic and NWPAC basins stay fairly equal in activity?

[AussieMark]

Did u know that when Hurricane Ignacio strengthened into a Hurricane on August 24 it was latest date for the Eastern Pacific's first hurricane on record.

[senorpepr]

Yeah... 2003 surely is not the Pacific's year for tropical cyclone development.