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Category 2 Gert likely to turn extratropical soon, three tropical waves could develop over next five days

August 16, 2017 Daulton Bahm Comments 0 Comment

Hurricane Gert is likely peaking in intensity as a category 2 hurricane, the strongest storm of the season so far. Gert was able to develop a well-defined eye and strengthen at an unusually high latitude – the strongest hurricane so far north by wind speed since Alex in 2004. Gert should transition into an extratropical cyclone by early on Friday. There are three tropical disturbances across the Atlantic Main Development Region (MDR) that have a chance to develop (including Invests…

Gert becomes a hurricane, watching Invest 91L and another tropical wave behind it

August 14, 2017 Daulton Bahm Comments 0 Comment

Tropical Storm Gert strengthened into the second hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season late Monday over the subtropical western Atlantic. Despite a rather unimpressive convective structure, microwave imagery indicates that Gert has nearly developed a closed eyewall. Gert is likely to strengthen some more over the next two days, possibly becoming a category 2 hurricane as it accelerates to the northeast. The average second hurricane in the Atlantic does not form until August 28, continuing the fast start to…

TD Eight strengthens into Tropical Storm Gert, watching Invest 91L in eastern Atlantic

August 13, 2017 Daulton Bahm Comments 0 Comment

Tropical Depression Eight strengthened into Tropical Storm Gert Sunday afternoon, and is likely to strengthen to near hurricane strength by Tuesday as it turns northeastward into the mid-latitude Atlantic. Gert is the seventh named storm of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, and is unusually early for a “G” storm. Only three seasons since reliable records began in 1851 – 1936, 1995, and 2005 – had their seventh named storm form earlier. The average seventh named storm in the Atlantic does not…

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