Special Weather Statement – Issued Tuesday, Sept. 28

For persons with interests in South Florida:


Special Weather Statement

Tropical Depression # 16 formed out of a surface low pressure area just south of Cuba and merged with the far eastern component remnants of Tropical Storm Matthew. We have been watching this development for over a week and this Depression will most likely become Tropical Storm Nicole within 18 to 36 hours. There are some concerns regarding this system. While the computer modeling is not showing this as a strong wind or hurricane event at this time, it is showing significant flooding rainfall potential for south and east central Florida starting this evening, Tuesday, September 28. The potential for urban flooding west of a line from Key Largo, Florida to Miami, Florida, to West Palm Beach, Florida, is likely. Because of the rapid development of this system and the close proximity to south Florida already, we are recommending that residents of south Florida listen closely to your local media and emergency government broadcasts. This storm also has the potential to merge with the off-shore moisture and thunderstorm activity from a stationary front positioned over most of Florida, however, upper level conditions may prevent this. A dip in the Jet Stream will funnel the system toward the north-northeast off the northeastern Florida coast by Thursday and this storm will affect coastal Georgia and the Carolinas with some heavy rainfall in places and the potential for some coastal flooding and rip currents Thursday into Friday. The storm will then travel up the east coast of the US as a low pressure area by the weekend and bring with it rains and thunderstorms.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Named Storm Matthew – Possible Gulf Involvement

Tropical Storm Matthew formed in the southwestern Caribbean this afternoon. Conditions are favorable for this storm to reach Hurricane status within 36 to 60 hours. Two weather features will be steering this storm to the north after it makes a Nicaragua or Honduras landfall early Saturday. That turn to the north is problematic for residents along the entire Gulf Coast and early computer models are showing a high probability of a Hurricane affecting the Gulf mid to late week, September 29 through October 02. We are watching the development of this system closely and even though tracking is imprecise at this time, we are recommending that residents of the Gulf Coast states monitor this storm carefully and have your Hurricane Preparedness plans in place. We will post updates as conditions warrant.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Hurricane Igor Update – Sept 16, 05:45 AM

For persons with interests along the East Coast of the US:

Named Storm Igor is a serious Major Hurricane. While the projected track of Igor will be over Bermuda and then into the North Atlantic, the coastal effects of Igor will be felt from Miami, Florida all the way to the Canadian Maritime Provinces. High waves with occasional rogue waves as well as deadly rip currents along beaches will be taking place for the next week or so. This will include some beach erosion and some possible lowlands flooding. We are recommending that persons along the East Coast of the US from southern Florida to New England monitor coastal advisories concerning Hurricane Igor closely. We will post updates as needed in this thread.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Named Storm Karl

Tropical Storm Karl formed in the western Caribbean overnight. The storm will cross the Yucatan Peninsula over the next 36 hours and enter the southern Gulf of Mexico. It may make hurricane status before it makes a second landfall in northeastern Mexico on Saturday, September 18. This storm will not directly affect the US, but some higher than normal wave action and rip currents along the US Gulf Coast may be felt over the next 4 days. This will be our only posting for Tropical Storm/Hurricane Karl unless an unexpected tracking change takes place.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Named Storm Igor ( please read comments listed below)

Tropical Storm Igor formed immediately upon coming off the African Coast just south of the Cape Verde Islands. This storm has potential to become a hurricane by late Friday, September 10 or early Saturday, September 11. Tracking of this storm is on-going and early computer modeling is showing a track similar to that of Gaston. However, the conditions in that area of the Atlantic are a bit more favorable this week for intensification.

We will post additional “Igor” updates as conditions warrant.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Named Storm Hermine

Tropical Storm Hermine formed out of a tropical low pressure area off the southeastern coast of Mexico over the weekend. This tropical storm will move into the Texas/Mexico border area over the next 24 hours with significant thunderstorm activity, some coastal and lowlands flooding in southeastern Texas, and substantial rains. Maximum sustained winds in this storm are nearing 50 MPH at this hour but are not forecast to intensify to hurricane strength. Persons with interests in southeastern Texas should monitor travel weather in the vicinity.

This will be our only Tropical Storm Hermine posting.

We are also watching for the reformation of named storm Gaston, nearing the Leeward Islands. Once this storm reaches Tropical Storm intensity once again, we will continue with updates in the Named Storm Gaston area.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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Hurricane Earl Update – 01 Sept. 2010, 16:30 Hrs CDT

HURRICANE EARL is a major hurricane with central winds at 127 MPH with gusting to nearly 145 MPH in the northeast quadrant.

We are posting this advisory for those persons who live along the east coast of the US from northeastern Georgia to Maine as well as the Maritime Provinces of Canada or who have interests in the area.

The projected storm track will allow Earl to travel up the east coast of the United States as a Major Hurricane. Hurricane wind conditions can be expected along the east coast of the US starting later in the day, Thursday, September 02 through Sunday, September 05. Persons all along the east coast of the US should monitor local NOAA-NWS alerts, watches, warnings and advisories as well as monitoring local Emergency Operations Center press and media releases. This will be a long term storm affecting most of the east coast of the US.

This Hurricane will cause high winds, torrential rains with localized flooding, high wave action with coastal beach erosion, some storm surge with additional lowlands flooding, frequent lightning, severe rip currents along beaches and some tornadoes.

The storm tracking projections are showing a slightly closer path to the US coast in the latest modeling, but this can change daily as upper level steering currents affect the Hurricane.

Persons should be making plans for possible coastal lowlands evacuations in places as mandated by State and Local officials.

For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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“THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ADVISORY. These updates and advisories are based upon information from our own computer models, NOAA, Local Weather Data Centers, deep water Buoy Data, and other publicly available sources. FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PERSON, please refer to your Local, State, and Federal Authority updates for Official Advisories and Orders. For up to the minute advisories and official updates, it is essential that you monitor your local Emergency Government, NOAA and Local Media Broadcasts. Please do not make personal safety decisions based upon information presented here in this Unofficial Advisory.”

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