Barry Forms in Southwest Gulf

I’d hardly hit the post button when I got an email with the statement below from the National Hurricane Center upgrading TD 2 to Tropical Storm Barry. A full advisory will be out at 4 pm, but Barry is only about 75 miles east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico. Based on the current forward motion, the center of Barry should move ashore in about 8 hours.

-Brian-

WTNT62 KNHC 191844
TCUAT2

TROPICAL STORM BARRY TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022013
145 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

…SECOND TROPICAL STORM OF THE SEASON FORMS IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO…

DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO HAS STRENGTHENED…AND IS NOW TROPICAL
STORM BARRY…THE SECOND TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2013 HURRICANE
SEASON. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW IN THE NEXT REGULAR ADVISORY AT 4 PM
CDT.

SUMMARY OF 145 PM CDT…1845 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…19.6N 95.1W
ABOUT 75 MI…115 KM ENE OF VERACRUZ MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…40 MPH…65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR 280 DEGREES AT 10 MPH…16 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1005 MB…29.68 INCHES

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Category: Tropical