Atlantic - Omar forms September 1, 2020 (record, storms, moving, South)

[Psychoma]

Tue 1Sept 5pEDT/AST Tropical Storm Omar forms (formally 90L & TD15), earliest "O" storm on record.

Winds 40mph(65km/h), moving ENE 15mph(24km/h), pressure 1007mb
Located about 225miles(365km) E of Cape Hatteras, NC

Heading out to sea. Not expected to last very long. Being sheared and barely hanging on.

Official updates by NHC every 6hrs at 5 & 11a/pEDT/AST: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

[Psychoma]

Wed 2Sept 5aEDT/AST
Winds 40mph(65km/h)
Moving ENE 14mph(22km/h)
Pressure 1003mb
Center located about 350miles(560km) NW of Bermuda

Storms keep firing off to the E & SE corner of outer edge of storm, but away from the naked swirl of Omar. High wind shear over the region. It’s about done.

[Psychoma]

Wed 2Sept 5pEDT/AST
Winds 35mph(55km/h)
Moving E 14mph(22km/h)
Pressure 1005mb
Center located about 265miles(430km) N of Bermuda
Some scattered showers to Bermuda earlier. Weakens to Tropical Depression now.

[Psychoma]

Thur 3Sept 5aEDT/AST
Winds 35mph(55km/h)
Moving E 14mph(22km/h)
Pressure 1005mb
Center located about 310miles(495km) NNE of Bermuda


Just holding on, but pulling further away from Bermuda.

[Psychoma]

Thur 3Sept 5pEDT/AST
Winds 35mph(55km/h)
Moving ESE 10mph(17km/h)
Pressure 1005mb
Center located about 345miles(555km) NE of Bermuda


Still spinning, still popping up showers well removed from it's center, still looses tropical characteristics and becomes another regular Low pressure in the Atlantic soon.

[Psychoma]

Sat 5Sept 5aEDT/AST
Winds 35mph(55km/h)
Moving NNE 7mph(11km/h)
Pressure 1008mb
Center located about 515miles(830km) NE of Bermuda.

Yep, still there, still a naked swirl but it's able to keep popping up random storms off to it's South as slowly spins out to sea.

[Psychoma]

Omar finally dissipated late Saturday. An archive of previous NHC advisories can be found here: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2020/OMAR.shtml?