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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:15:23 GMT
Quelle: National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
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ABNT20 KNHC 080551 
TWOAT  
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2010 
 
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... 
 
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS ISSUED THE LAST ADVISORY ON 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION HERMINE...CURRENTLY LOCATED INLAND OVER CENTRAL 
TEXAS ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE.  FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS 
SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE 
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT5 
AND WMO HEADER WTNT35 KWNH...BEGINNING AT 400 AM CDT. 
 
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS BECOMING MORE ORGANIZED NEAR AN 
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE 
VERDE ISLANDS.  STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS OVER THIS SYSTEM ARE 
EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND ADDITIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AS THE LOW MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  
THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE...50 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A 
TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
THE REMNANTS OF GASTON...LOCATED ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTO 
DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC...ARE PRODUCING MINIMAL SHOWER 
AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS BECOMING 
LESS LIKELY AS IT MOVES WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.  THERE IS A LOW 
CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE 
AGAIN DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.    
 
SHOWER ACTIVITY NEAR A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 525 
MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS HAS 
DISSIPATED.  SATELLITE DATA INDICATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS EMBEDDED 
WITHIN A DRY AND STABLE ENVIRONMENT...AND DEVELOPMENT IS NOT 
EXPECTED AS IT MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD NEAR 10 MPH.  THERE IS A 
LOW CHANCE...NEAR 0 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL 
CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE 
NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
$$ 
FORECASTER BERG 
 

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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