craigm
(Storm Tracker)
Mon Aug 25 2008 04:13 PM
Re: Development in Central Caribbean Likely Today

I picked this up off of offshore forecast discussion:

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST AND TROPICAL NORTH
ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN SEA
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2008

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN HAS FORMED NEAR 15.5N 70.1W
1006 MB AT 11 AM EDT MOVING NW AT 13 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 30 KT GUSTS 40 KT. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION WILL STRENGTHEN
INTO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES NW TO NEAR 16.5N 71.1W TONIGHT
...THEN GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE SW COAST OF
HAITI NEAR 17.6N 72.2W TUE MORNING...TO NEAR 18.8N 73.3W TUE
NIGHT AND ACROSS THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TOWARDS EASTERN CUBA NEAR
19.7N 74.2W BY WED MORNING. THE TROPICAL STORM IS THEN FORECAST
TO CONTINUE ON A NW TRACK ALONG OVER THE NE COAST OF CUBA NEAR
21.0N 75.5W BY THU MORNING AND PARALLEL THE REMAINDER OF THE
COAST OF CUBA FRI AND SAT.
Which pretty much sums up the official track.



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