Tropical Storm Omar developed over the past several days from a low pressure area in the eastern Caribbean south of Jamaica, Haiti and Puerto Rico. This storm is being steered by upper level currents that will place it in a northeasterly direction by October 8-10. There is a good chance that this storm will make Hurricane status but it will be an Atlantic Ocean storm and will not affect any significant land mass for at least 7 to 10 days. It will be moving toward Europe in approximately 10 days.
Unless this storm has an unforeseen direction change, this will be our only Named Storm Omar posting.
Please use the first link below for Tropical System information and the second link below for active watches, warnings and data.
http://www.weather.gov/largemap.php
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