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Ed Dunham
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TD #6 Becomes Tropical Storm Frances
Tue Aug 24 2004 11:19 PM

Wednesday - 5PM Update
As expected TD #6 has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Frances at 5pm. Frances continues to move to the west at 14kts with sustained winds of 35 knots and pressure now down to 1005mb. NHC still anticipates a more west northwest track and eventually a northwest track - and still cautions that the tropical storm could take a more southerly track with west northwest rather than northwest motion in a day or two. Gradual intensification is anticipated.
ED

Original Article
The strong tropical wave that departed the west coast of Africa a few days ago has developed into TD #6 this evening. The Tropical Depression is located well southwest of the Cape Verde Islands and is moving to the west at 15 to 20 knots. Maximum sustained wind is 25 knots and pressure is 1009mb.

TD #6 should move on a west northwesterly course over the next couple of days while slowly growing in intensity. The tropical cyclone should become Tropical Storm Frances on Wednesday. The long range NHC forecast takes the storm on a more northwesterly course, however there is still some doubt about this motion since the mid Atlantic trough will not create a significant weakness in the mid Atlantic ridge located south of the trough. The forward motion is on the increase, but it should be slower than the forward motion that was noted with some of the tropical waves earlier this season

Plenty of time to watch this system evolve - and we will.
ED

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Edited by LI Phil (Wed Aug 25 2004 09:42 PM)

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
TD #6 Becomes Tropical Storm Frances	Ed Dunham	Tue Aug 24 2004 11:19 PM
Re: Tropical Strom Frances	tornado00	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:52 PM
Re: Tropical Strom Frances	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:57 PM
Re: Tropical Strom Frances	tornado00	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:17 PM
Tropical Storm Frances seems to be getting organized	Cocoa Beach	Thu Aug 26 2004 11:01 AM
thoughts on 11am discussion	bobbi	Thu Aug 26 2004 11:11 AM
Frontal Boundary	zacros	Thu Aug 26 2004 11:33 AM
Re: Frontal Boundary	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 12:57 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 01:22 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:33 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	Ed in Va	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:51 PM
Hurricane Frances	James88	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:53 PM
Re: Hurricane Frances	WeatherNLU	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:48 PM
20/60 line	bobbi	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:59 PM
Re: 20/60 line	Ed in Va	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:04 PM
Re: 20/60 line	Clark	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:26 PM
Re: 20/60 line	rmbjoe1954	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:08 PM
Information on models	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:40 PM
Re: Information on models	rmbjoe1954	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:51 PM
Re: 20/60 line	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:27 PM
Re: HURRICANE FRANCES	LONNY307	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:38 PM
Hurricane frances	Bruce	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:37 PM
Re: 20/60 line	Ed in Va	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:22 PM
Re: Hurricane Frances	rmbjoe1954	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:53 PM
Re: Hurricane Frances	Storm Cooper	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:12 PM
talk about stair step motion movement...	bobbi	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:17 PM
Re: talk about stair step motion movement...	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:21 PM
Re: talk about stair step motion movement...	WeatherNLU	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:44 PM
no... dont think so	bobbi	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:58 PM
Re: talk about stair step motion movement...	SirCane	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:37 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	Todd	Thu Aug 26 2004 01:40 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	zacros	Thu Aug 26 2004 04:57 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	DMFischer	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:22 PM
Frances	rmbjoe1954	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:55 PM
NEW THREAD	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:57 PM
cat 5 possibilities with this one.....	rickonboat	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:29 PM
Re: cat 5 possibilities with this one.....	Steve hirschb.	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:43 PM
Carolinas system	Rabbit	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:56 PM
Charlotte Radar	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:38 PM
Um..	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:09 PM
Re: Um..	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:24 PM
Re: Um..	redbird	Sun Aug 29 2004 05:42 PM
Re: Um..	ticka1	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:18 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:05 PM
Re: Frontal Boundary	Ed in Va	Thu Aug 26 2004 11:37 AM
11pm	Clark	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:31 PM
Re: 11pm	WeatherNLU	Thu Aug 26 2004 12:35 AM
Re: 11pm	Matt033	Thu Aug 26 2004 01:21 AM
good post Matt	LoisCane	Thu Aug 26 2004 08:57 AM
Re: good post Matt	Hurric	Thu Aug 26 2004 09:34 AM
Re: good post Matt	Ed in Va	Thu Aug 26 2004 09:59 AM
Re: good post Matt	Larry	Thu Aug 26 2004 10:24 AM
Re: good post Matt	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 10:31 AM
Re: good post Matt	scottsvb	Thu Aug 26 2004 10:37 AM
Frances still a TS at 11:00	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 10:46 AM
Re: Frances still a TS at 11:00	Clark	Thu Aug 26 2004 12:01 PM
Some dry air ahead...	LI Phil	Thu Aug 26 2004 12:26 PM
for Phil especially and others	bobbi	Thu Aug 26 2004 02:15 PM
Re: Some dry air ahead...	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 12:44 PM
Re: Frances still a TS at 11:00	EriktheFled	Thu Aug 26 2004 12:25 PM
Re: good post Matt	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 10:44 AM
Re: good post Matt	Hardcore	Thu Aug 26 2004 10:28 AM
Re: good post Matt	bobbi	Thu Aug 26 2004 09:58 AM
Re: 11pm	James88	Thu Aug 26 2004 03:26 AM
Interesting	WXMAN RICHIE	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:23 AM
Re: Interesting	Keith234	Thu Aug 26 2004 08:18 AM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	rcs_satbch	Wed Aug 25 2004 06:28 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Rabbit	Wed Aug 25 2004 07:43 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Keith234	Wed Aug 25 2004 07:57 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 09:53 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Anon	Thu Aug 26 2004 09:22 AM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Keith234	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:27 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	LoisCane	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:09 PM
frances issues, etc	HanKFranK	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:51 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Keith234	Wed Aug 25 2004 07:40 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Hurric	Wed Aug 25 2004 06:53 AM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 08:03 AM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	bobbi	Wed Aug 25 2004 08:32 AM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Keith234	Wed Aug 25 2004 08:46 AM
Not that impressive at the moment	Frank P	Wed Aug 25 2004 09:37 AM
Re: Not that impressive at the moment	Cycloneye	Wed Aug 25 2004 09:45 AM
Re: Not that impressive at the moment	joepub1	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:22 AM
JoePub!	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:29 AM
Re: JoePub!	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:38 AM
Frances at 11:00?	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:20 AM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	joepub1	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:37 AM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:38 AM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:39 AM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	joepub1	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:44 AM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	Fred	Wed Aug 25 2004 01:59 PM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:50 AM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 10:53 AM
Re: Frances at 11:00?	caneman	Wed Aug 25 2004 11:37 AM
Spin off Fla	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 11:49 AM
Re: Spin off Fla	rcs_satbch	Wed Aug 25 2004 06:22 PM
Re: Spin off Fla	Hurric	Wed Aug 25 2004 01:39 PM
Re: Spin off Fla	alan	Wed Aug 25 2004 02:05 PM
Re: Spin off Fla	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 02:39 PM
Re: Spin off Fla	ticka1	Wed Aug 25 2004 02:41 PM
Re: Spin off Fla	Steve	Wed Aug 25 2004 03:15 PM
Frances at 5pm no doubt about it	Hardcore	Wed Aug 25 2004 03:32 PM
Re: Frances at 5pm no doubt about it	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 04:23 PM
Re: Frances at 5pm no doubt about it	matt0033	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:11 PM
More left each run	LoisCane	Wed Aug 25 2004 06:17 PM
ominous words in that discussion	LoisCane	Wed Aug 25 2004 06:21 PM
Re: Frances at 5pm no doubt about it DELETED	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:01 PM
Re: Frances at 5pm no doubt about it	LONNY307	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:13 PM
TWO THINGS	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:09 PM
Re: TWO THINGS	caneman	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:14 PM
Re: TWO THINGS	HanKFranK	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:50 PM
Re: TWO THINGS	caneman	Thu Aug 26 2004 05:36 AM
Re: TWO THINGS	Steve hirschb.	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:47 PM
Re: Frances at 5pm no doubt about it	Anonymous	Wed Aug 25 2004 04:34 PM
Re: Frances	LONNY307	Wed Aug 25 2004 04:54 PM
JB Midday	LI Phil	Wed Aug 25 2004 03:29 PM
None of the Bouys are reporting Data	Cocoa Beach	Wed Aug 25 2004 12:36 PM
Re: None of the Bouys are reporting Data	troy	Wed Aug 25 2004 12:50 PM
TD6	Rabbit	Wed Aug 25 2004 12:11 PM
TD6?	rmbjoe1954	Wed Aug 25 2004 12:19 PM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	1234	Wed Aug 25 2004 01:00 AM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	Rabbit	Wed Aug 25 2004 04:00 AM
Re: Tropical Depression #6 Forms in Eastern Atlantic	LadyStorm	Wed Aug 25 2004 05:37 AM

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