Well, Karl has now declared himself (I hate male storms). He is out in the middle Atlantic at the moment but becoming well formed. Here's what NOAA says:
"at 5 am AST...0900z...the center of Tropical Storm Karl was located
near latitude 11.5 north... longitude 35.3 west or about 820
miles...1320 km... west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
Karl is moving toward the west near 12 mph ...19 km/hr. A motion to
the west or west-northwest is expected...with a gradual decrease in
forward speed...during the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph...100 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Karl has been getting stronger during the evening and may
become a hurricane later today or early tomorrow.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 60 miles
... 95 km from the center."
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200412_sat.html
And a real birds eye view:
http://www.wunderground.com/global/Region/g5/IRSatellite.html
Definitely worth watching as he is almost a Hurricane already. He is travelling almost due west at 275 degrees at 16mph.
However, all the models show him turning north well before reaching the windwards, so it's too soon to tell. After all, Karl is still over 7000 miles away and at present rate will take at least 2 weeks to get here. A lot can happen to a storm in 2 weeks!
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200412_model.html
"at 5 am AST...0900z...the center of Tropical Storm Karl was located
near latitude 11.5 north... longitude 35.3 west or about 820
miles...1320 km... west-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
Karl is moving toward the west near 12 mph ...19 km/hr. A motion to
the west or west-northwest is expected...with a gradual decrease in
forward speed...during the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph...100 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Karl has been getting stronger during the evening and may
become a hurricane later today or early tomorrow.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 60 miles
... 95 km from the center."
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200412_sat.html
And a real birds eye view:
http://www.wunderground.com/global/Region/g5/IRSatellite.html
Definitely worth watching as he is almost a Hurricane already. He is travelling almost due west at 275 degrees at 16mph.
However, all the models show him turning north well before reaching the windwards, so it's too soon to tell. After all, Karl is still over 7000 miles away and at present rate will take at least 2 weeks to get here. A lot can happen to a storm in 2 weeks!
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200412_model.html
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