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Tropical Storm Marco — Why Now?
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Tropical Storm Marco

by Bryan

Tropical Storm MarcoPosition: 19.8 N 95.4 W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 7 mph.
Maximum sustained winds: 65 mph [105 kph].
Wind Gusts: 75 mph.
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 30 miles [45 km].
Minimum central pressure: 998 mb.

It is 65 miles [105 km] Northeast of Veracruz, Mexico in the Bay of Campeche.

At 4 PM CDT…2100 UTC…the government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Watch for the Gulf Coast of Mexico from Cabo Rojo southward to Veracruz. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area…in this case within the next 24 hours.

At 4 PM CDT…2100 UTC…the Tropical Storm Warning has been extended northward to Cabo Rojo. A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for the Gulf Coast of Mexico from Cabo Rojo southward to Punta el Lagarto. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours.

Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.

[For the latest information click on the storm symbol, or go to the CATEGORIES drop-down box below the CALENDAR and select “Hurricanes” for all of the posts related to storms on this site.]

2 comments

1 Jack K., the Grumpy Forester { 10.06.08 at 10:21 pm }

…the thing that has always struck me as odd about the latter portions of any particular hurricane season is the juxtaposition of October tropical events and the cool (occasionally cold) wet October weather out here that threatens – or perhaps promises – snow on the ground at any moment. As Yakov Smirnoff would say, What A Country!!!

2 Bryan { 10.06.08 at 10:38 pm }

After the passage of Gustav and Ike, the majority of the Gulf is cooler than normal, which means there shouldn’t be any rapid jumps in intensity if something heads North.

The water in the Western Caribbean and the Bay of Campeche is still warm, which is why they are the most probable areas for storms to spring from.

I know what you mean, Jack. The rest of the country is watching the leaves change and getting their furnaces serviced while we are still looking for tropical storms. You are looking for snow shovels and we are still cutting grass.