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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Cristobal

Saturday, July 19, 2008

OK, that was fast.
Tropical Storm Cristobal forms off the Carolinas coast.
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TD3 continues to organize

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Not something you want to see just off the coast — a rapidly organizing tropical depression.
Masters:
None of the models forecast that TD 3 will intensify beyond a 50 mph tropical storm, due to the relatively cool water temperatures, moderate wind shear, and the presence of dry air nearby. I think TD 3 is organizing a [...]

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Bertha

Monday, July 7, 2008

Bertha is now a hurricane.
If you recall, in 1996 Hurricane Bertha hit the lower NC coast and did some pretty nasty damage. Drove down the day after and there was a lot of erosion.
She cleared the way, so to speak, for her big sister — Hurricane Fran.
Prediction models for Bertha 08 are unclear, but we [...]

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Tropical Storm Bertha

Friday, July 4, 2008

Looks like the second tropical storm of the season — Bertha — is chugging along.
Here’s the five day forecast map
And Dr. Jeff’s take
Bertha’s at 25° West longitude is the farthest east a tropical storm has ever formed in the Atlantic so early in the season.
He also notes that it is likely that this means [...]

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