Atlantic - Debby forms August 7, 2018 (storms, moving, clouds, map)

[Psychoma]

7Aug18 11aEDT: Invest 97L has organized enough to become Sub-Tropical Storm Debby this morning. Estimated winds 40mph(65km/h), moving N 16mph(26km/h), pressure 1008mb.

No threat to land, headed out to sea. Expected to dissipate in about 48hours.

Official updates for Atlantic basin storms comes from the US National Hurricane Center based in Miami, FL. Updates are issued at 5 & 11am/pmEDT (If Watches/Warnings issued then updates are also added at 2 & 8am/pmEDT) here: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Cone map (Shows: Current storm wind field at storm center(orange: winds 39mph+, red: 74mph+), Classification (Black/white dots with letters: "D" = Depression, "S" = Tropical Storm, "H" = Cat1 or Cat2 Hurricane, "M" = Major Hurricane (Cat3+)), any coastal tropical Watches/Warnings, and the "cone" is where the center of the storm could be over time (it's NOT the size of the storm), effects of the storm can be felt outside this area):



Sat imagery (sources: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/sat/ and https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php )

[Psychoma]

8Aug18 5aEDT - Winds 45mph(75km/h), moving NNE 9mph(15km/h), pressure 1003mb. Transitions from 'Sub' to full Tropical Storm. Still expected to dissipate well away from land with cold waters and high wind shear ahead.

[Psychoma]

8Aug18 11pEDT/AST - Winds 50mph(85km/h), moving NE 13mph(20km/h), pressure 1000mb. Expected to loose Tropical characteristics on Thursday with cold waters ahead. Wind shear is already pushing storm clouds away from the center. That combined with cold N Atlantic waters ahead is expected to dissipate the storm by Friday.

[Psychoma]

9Aug18 5pEDT/AST - Tropical Storm Debby became post-tropical Thursday evening, no more advisories will be issued. An archive of previous advisories from the NHC can be found here: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2018/DEBBY.shtml?