Friday, August 13, 2021

...TROPICAL STORM FRED TRACKING WEST OVER CENTRAL CUBA... TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN TRACKING WEST...

 

...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM FRED SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA...


5:00 PM EDT Fri Aug 13
Location: 22.3°N 79.6°W
Moving: W at 12 mph
Min pressure: 1013 mb
Max sustained: 35 mph



 






...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES... ...ADDITIONAL TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ISSUED...

5:00 PM AST Fri Aug 13
Location: 15.4°N 51.8°W
Moving: W at 22 mph
Min pressure: 1010 mb
Max sustained: 35 mph



 









...FRED 02:00PM EDT UPDATE...

 

...FRED PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHILE MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA...


2:00 PM EDT Fri Aug 13
Location: 22.3°N 78.9°W
Moving: WNW at 12 mph
Min pressure: 1013 mb
Max sustained: 35 mph


 







...TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN FORM OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...FORECAST TO BECOME TROPICAL STORM ON SATURDAY...

 

...CENTER OF FRED MOVING ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA... ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUBA...


11:00 AM EDT Fri Aug 13
Location: 22.3°N 78.4°W
Moving: WNW at 12 mph
Min pressure: 1013 mb
Max sustained: 35 mph

 






...FRED HUGGING THE NORTHERN CUBAN COAST STRUGGLING T0 STRENGTHEN...

 FRED HUGGING THE NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA STRUGGLING TO STRENGTHEN.  THIS PROXIMITY TO THE COAST, DRY AIR IN THE AREA AND WIND SHEAR FROM A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THIS STORM TO BENEFIT FROM THE VERY WARMS WATERS OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS.

SEEMS LIKE THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE HAS DIPPED FURTHER SOUTH SHOVING FRED FURTHER SOUTH OVER CUBA.  SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPEN TO MAJOR HURRICANE IRMA.  ANYHOW FRED IS STILL FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM CUBA AND TRACKS NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN GULF.

RTW

 NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER

...CENTER OF FRED MOVING ALONG THE NORTHERN COAST OF CUBA... ...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUBA...


11:00 AM EDT Fri Aug 13
Location: 22.3°N 78.4°W
Moving: WNW at 12 mph
Min pressure: 1013 mb
Max sustained: 35 mph