LadyStorm
(Weather Guru)
Sun Aug 01 2004 08:09 AM
Alex to be or not to be

Don't look too good so far.......

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION.
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
805 AM EDT SUN 01 AUG 2004

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR NORTH AMERICA...CENTRAL
AMERICA...GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA...NORTHERN SECTIONS
OF SOUTH AMERICA...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE AFRICAN COAST
FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED
ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND
METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS.

BASED ON 0600 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
1015 UTC.

...SPECIAL FEATURE...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE CENTERED NEAR 32.1N 79.1W AT 01/0900
UTC...0R ABOUT 60 NM SE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA...MOVING
NNW AT 6 KT. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. SEE
LATEST NHC INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY UNDER AWIPS/WMO HEADERS
MIATCPAT1/WTNT31 KNHC AND THE FULL FORECAST/ADVISORY UNDER
AWIPS/WMO HEADERS MIATCMAT1/WTNT21 KNHC FOR MORE DETAILS. LATEST
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN EXPOSED LOW LEVEL CENTER N OF THE
CONVECTION. SCATTERED MODERATE/STRONG CONVECTION IS OFF THE
COAST OF FLORIDA/GEORGIA WITHIN A 60/75 NM RADIUS OF 30N79.5W.
THE NORTH HALF OF THE SYSTEM IS DOMINATED BY WIDELY SCATTERED
CUMULUS WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTH CAROLINA.
RADAR IMAGERY FROM COASTAL SITES ALONG THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST
SHOWS ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FROM NE SOUTH CAROLINA TO
OVER THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA.