5 AM tropical update

[WXBUFFJIM]

3 systems of note. Fabian is the thing of the past, it's going extratropical quickly. The ones to focus on this morning are Isabel and Henri.

at 5 AM EDT, Fabian is moving away from the eastern seaboard and losing tropical characteristics. At 5 AM EDT, Fabian is centered at latitude 47.7 north, longitude 42.9 west or about 440 miles east oc Cape Race Newfounderland. Movement is northeast at 39 mph and this motion is expected to continue with an even further increase in forward speed. maximum sustained winds are 75 mph with higher gusts. Fabian wil lose tropical characteristics and become extratropical most likely later today. However it will remain a very strong extratropical system for the next few days. Minimum central pressure with Fabian is 985 mb or 29.09 inches.

Isabel becomes a category 2 hurricane this morning. Hurricane Isabel is deepening rapidly. At 5 AM EDT, the center of hurricane Isabel was located near latitude 16.9 north, longitude 41.4 west or about 1360 miles east of the Leeward Islands. Isabel is moving toward the west northwest at near 16 mph and this general motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. Mximum sustained winds are near 105 mph with higher gusts. This makes Isabel a category 2 hurricane on the saffir simpson hurricane scale. Isabel could strengthen and become a major hurricane later today.
Hurricane force winds extend outward 35 miles from the center while tropical storm force winds extend outward 115 miles. Minimum central pressure is 970 mb or 28.64 inches.

Henri remains a tropical depression at 5 AM EDT. At 5 AM EDT, the center of Tropical depression Henri was located near latitude 32.5 north, longitude 75.9 west or about 195 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Movement is towards the northeast at 9 mph and this motion is expected to continue for the next day or two. Maximum sustained winds are 35 mph with higher gusts. Henri could strengthen slightly, but at the same time it's losing some of it's tropical characteristics as it merges with a weak frontal boundary. However there will be indirect effects in the form of occasional showers, winds of 20-35 mph, and seas of 8-12 feet along the North Carolina and Virginia coasts. Thus rip currents and high waves will be the result!!!

Jim

[rainstorm]

thanks jim!!

[JCT777]

Good update, Jim. There is also another CV system that could develop into TS Juan in the not-too-distant future.