The first tropical storm of the 2000 season formed today, Tropical Storm Alberto was located near latitude 12.4 North. longitude 25.0 West or about 170 miles, 270 kms. South-Southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Island in Africa. Alberto is moving west at 17 mph or 28 km/hr. Forecasters say the tropical storm could become a hurricane in a couple of days. Most storms affecting the DR develop in the Atlantic Ocean near Africa and take about two weeks to reach the Caribbean Basin. Thus, there is ample lead-time, which enables those that could be affected to closely track the hurricanes. In this age of the Internet this is easy to do. For updates, see the DR1 Daily News briefs or the following web sites: http://stormcarib.com (specializing in tracking hurricanes that could affect the Caribbean) http://www.weather.com (The Weather Channel)http://www.intellicast.com (excellent maps) http://www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/whur0.htm http://www.gopbi.com/weather/storm/ http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/ http://weather.gov/ http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/ http://www.nlmoc.navy.mil/home1.shtml
