galaxy401 wrote:Is there a chance this storm could stay south of Cape Verde and turn north once it passes the islands?
The current track guidance from NHC looks to take this just south of the islands before turning north.

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galaxy401 wrote:Is there a chance this storm could stay south of Cape Verde and turn north once it passes the islands?
HURAKAN wrote:CrazyC83 wrote:HURAKAN wrote:Since the satellite era, 2013 is the 3rd (so far) latest to have the first hurricane of the season. Before satellites, due to the lack of coverage over the entire basin, its very difficult to have an accurate record.
Before satellites, some storms that were major hurricanes may have been missed entirely, such as Fred and Julia...
Agree
hurricanes1234 wrote:Is the centre still displaced, or is it moving under the convection? I must say that this system looks a lot better than all of our Cape-Verde systems so far in 2013. For all Cape-Verde residents, stay safe.
hurricanes1234 wrote:Is the centre still displaced, or is it moving under the convection? I must say that this system looks a lot better than all of our Cape-Verde systems so far in 2013. For all Cape-Verde residents, stay safe.
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Hammy wrote:hurricanes1234 wrote:Is the centre still displaced, or is it moving under the convection? I must say that this system looks a lot better than all of our Cape-Verde systems so far in 2013. For all Cape-Verde residents, stay safe.
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still looks displaced on the east edge of the convection, and was verified on scatterometer overpass which showed most of the stronger winds to the west. http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/products/tc_realtime/loop.asp?product=4kmirimg&storm_identifier=AL092013&starting_image=2013AL09_4KMIRIMG_201309082015.GIF have to watch very closely a few times, looks to be SE of the main ball.
personal opinion and not official.
SouthDadeFish wrote:This isn't necessarily an accurate position but using a forecast interpolation the center is still on the eastern edge of the convection:
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6968/3b3.gif
hurricanes1234 wrote:This should be a tropical storm by 5:00 AM tomorrow, if not, then 6 hours later. It has the look of a depression nearing storm force.
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WHICH IS TYPICAL OF A MAJOR HURRICANE
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