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Position: 13.8N 57.1W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [290°] near 10 mph [17 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Wind Gusts: 70 mph [110 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 125 miles (205 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1001 mb.

Currently about 165 miles [ 270 km] East-Northeast of Barbados.

Currently about 270 miles [ 430 km] East-Southeast of Martinique.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Dominica; Guadeloupe; Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis; Anguilla, St. Barthelemy; St. Maarten; St. Martin.

A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Guadeloupe; Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis; Anguilla; St. Maarten; St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Barbados; Martinique; Saba & St. Eustatius.

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

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Position: 13.0N 53.1W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West [270°] near 17 mph [28 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 140 miles (220 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1006 mb ↓.

Currently about 530 miles [ 855 km] East of the Windward Islands.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Barbados; Dominica; Martinique & Guadeloupe.

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

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Position: 18.2N 49.3W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [285°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 30 mph [ 45 kph].
Wind Gusts: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1011 mb ↑.

Currently about 905 miles [1455 km] East of the Northern Leeward Islands.

The National Hurricane Center has issued its last public advisory on this system.

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

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Position: 16.9N 45.5W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northwest [305°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1008 mb ↑.

Currently about 1160 miles [1870 km] East of the Northern Leeward Islands.

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

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Yes, it’s Friday the 13^th again. The 13^th falls on a Friday more than any other day of the week, so get over it. It’s only valid in in English and Portuguese speaking countries, so go visit a Spanish-speaking neighborhood for the day.

If you want to blame someone, it’s the calendar of Pope Gregory XIII that created this imbalance. [He obviously didn’t have a problem with the number on any day.]

Position: 15.1N 42.9W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [290°] near 8 mph [13 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 70 miles (110 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1006 mb.

Currently about 1260 miles [2025 km] West of the Cabo Verde Islands.

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

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Position: 14.1N 39.5W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [300°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 105 miles (165 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb ↓.

Currently about 1590 miles [2560 km] East of the Northern Leeward Islands.

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

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Position: 12.0N 36.2W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [295°] near 13 mph [20 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [ 55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [ 70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1007 mb ↑.

Currently about 860 miles [1390 km] West-Southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.

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

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It’s the second Monday in October, so it is Thanksgiving Day / Jour de l’Action de grâce in Canada. Have a happy one.

The US Federal government has decided to call it Columbus Day [and/or Indigenous Peoples’ Day (if the Indigenous People had had better control of their borders, they wouldn’t have been replaced by white whackos)] , even when it isn’t on the 12^th of October which was the second Wednesday in 1492. But it’s okay that the holiday can be on the wrong day, because Christopher Columbus [AKA: Cristoforo Colombo, Cristóbal Colón] didn’t find what he was looking for and identified what he did find incorrectly. The important thing is that a large area of the map got changed from “here be dragons and sea serpents,” to “here be gold and cannibals” and no mention was made of the oppressive heat, mosquitoes, or hurricanes.

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Position: 30.7N 64.6W [10:00AM CDT 1500 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [020°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1003 mb.

Currently about 110 miles [ 180 km] South of Bermuda.

All Coastal Watches and Warnings have been cancelled.

This is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on this system.

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

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Position: 28.2N 66.0W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [005°] near 16 mph [26 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 230 miles [370 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1005 mb.

Currently about 290 miles [ 470 km] South-Southwest of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Position: 23.8N 66.1W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North [350°] near 13 mph [20 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph [ 65 kph].
Wind Gusts: 50 mph [ 80 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 205 miles [335 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1004 mb.

Currently about 590 miles [ 955 km] South of Bermuda.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Bermuda.

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

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Position: 20.1N 65.5W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: Northwest [310°] near 12 mph [19 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 45 mph [ 75 kph].
Wind Gusts: 55 mph [ 90 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 160 miles [260 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1004 mb.

Currently about 845 miles [1355 km] South of Bermuda.

All coastal Warnings and Watches have been cancelled.

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

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Position: 17.8N 62.1W [10:00PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: West-Northwest [300°] near 7 mph [11 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 50 mph [ 85 kph].
Wind Gusts: 60 mph [ 95 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 175 miles [280 km].
Minimum central pressure: 1001 mb.

Currently about 70 miles [ 110 km] East-Southeast of St. Martin.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Barbuda & Antigua.

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

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