Kate Arrives ! !

Kate has arrived. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued an advisory at 7:20 am CST as Tropical Depression 12 strengthened enough to become a tropical storm. That advisory is shown below. As we note, the Hurricane Hunter aircraft data were instrumental in providing the information to forecasters. The depression strengthened pretty much as expected and the future track for Kate will take it through the Bahamas and recurving before reaching Florida. After that Kate becomes a nuisance mainly for shipping as the track is expected to take it north of Bermuda. Bet they have some pretty good swells/waves on the island, though.

-Brian-

WTNT62 KNHC 091319
TCUAT2

TROPICAL STORM KATE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL122015
820 AM EST MON NOV 09 2015

...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...

Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft data indicate that
Tropical Depression Twelve has strengthened to Tropical Storm Kate.
The maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 40 mph (65 km/h)
with higher gusts.

SUMMARY OF 820 AM EST...1320 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...24.2N 74.9W
ABOUT 40 MI...60 KM ESE OF CAT ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB...29.77 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Cangialosi/Stewart 

Category: Tropical