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Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:16:37 GMT
Quelle: National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
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000 
ABNT20 KNHC 032353 
TWOAT  
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
800 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010 
 
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... 
 
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE 
EARL...LOCATED ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET 
MASSACHUSETTS...AND ON RECENTLY DOWNGRADED TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
FIONA...LOCATED ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.   
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE 
REMNANT LOW OF GASTON...WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE 
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS AND THE LESSER ANTILLES.  ENVIRONMENTAL 
CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT...AND A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION COULD RE-FORM DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE 
SYSTEM MOVES WESTWARD AT AROUND 10 MPH.  THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE 
...60 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE AGAIN 
DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
LOCATED BETWEEN THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA AND THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS 
HAVE CHANGED LITTLE THIS EVENING.  ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS APPEAR 
MARGINALLY CONDUCIVE FOR SOME SLOW DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF DAYS.  THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...30 PERCENT...OF THIS 
SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT 
MOVES NORTHWESTWARD NEAR 10 MPH.  
 
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE 
NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
$$ 
FORECASTER ROBERTS/BRENNAN 
 

That's how it starts:
the first raindrops are already there

Hurricanes are tropical cyclones. Danger arises through very high wind speeds, waves and heavy rainfalls. In Cuba a common word for a hurricane is 'ciclon'. Season is from May through November. Traditionally, through its well organized system of civil protection Cuba is better prepared for hurricanes then the USA or other countries of the Caribbean. Cuba suffers less loss of human life. Is is not safe from substantial material damages though.

After the ciclon:
Construction materials are paramount

We are frequently asked: How are we supposed to behave as a tourist when we get surprised on the island?

Two simple rules:
1. Stay home.
2. Follow the orders of the Civil Protection authorities.

All our Casas have solid construction, none is made of wood.

Oficially a hurricane starts when wind speed exceeds 118 Km/hour. But even at 50 Km persons are adviced to seek protection.

(This page is searched for and found in the web as 'hurrican cuba' but also as 'hurricane kuba'.)

Important Tropical Storms / Hurricane names in 2010:
Agatha Earl

In 2009: Ana, Hurricane Bill, Claudette, Danny, Fred, Ida

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