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We have a new tropical system out there. It's names "Nana". Here is the advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
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WTNT34 KNHC 122047
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NANA ADVISORY NUMBER 1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142008
500 PM EDT SUN OCT 12 2008
...NEW TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 37.9 WEST OR ABOUT 925
MILES...1485 KM...WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
NANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO...AND NANA
IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT OR MONDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...16.4 N...37.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM EDT.
At the moment it looks like it isn't going to amount to a heck of alot, looks like it will take a sharpe turn north. I'd be a bit more concerend with the area of low pressure west of it.
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