Tropical Storm Melissa – Day 3
Position: 38.1N 42.1W [ 9PM CST 0300 UTC].
Movement: East-Northeast [060°] near 30 mph [48 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 65 mph [100 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 240 miles [390 km].
Minimum central pressure: 984 mb ↓.
Currently about 820 miles [1320 km] West of the Azores.
The storm has finally become fully tropical.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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2 comments
Fully tropical, and it’s headed for… Portugal?? It’s a crazy year…
Hell, Sardinia just had what could be accurately described as a tropical storm, but wasn’t because you ‘don’t get tropical cyclones in the Med’.
Yes, tropical storms transitioning to post-tropical to hit Europe is a lot more common that ever noted before. The warm water is extending far enough north to make it possible.