Position: 17.1N 31.9W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [000°] near 6 mph [ 9 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1006 mb.

Currently about 530 miles [850 km] West of the Cape Verde Islands

It just formed off the coast of Africa and will probably become Tropical Storm Lisa tomorrow.

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

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Attaturk doesn’t really understand what the latest reports on fixing cricket matches really involves.

I have already reported on the sort of people who are attracted to the game, so it is probably time for Newbiscuit’s explanation of cricket.

I think one of the features that I enjoy most about cricket is that hearing the current score doesn’t actually tell you who is winning. There’s also the expansive number of terms that have been created to convince you it’s real.

Position: 39.9N 59.3W [10 PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northeast [045°] near 29 mph [46 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 75 mph [120 kph].
Wind Gusts: 90 mph [145 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 380 miles [610 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 85 miles [140 km].
Minimum central pressure: 968 mb ↑.

Currently about 565 miles [905 km] Southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland.

Igor is transitioning into an extratropical cyclone, which is not going to make much difference to anything in its path… other than weather geeks.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the coast of Newfoundland from Stones Cove northward and westward to Jones Harbour. from Jones Harbour northward to Charlottetown, and the islands of St-Pierre and Miquelon

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.]